State Troopers reported two serious injury crashes in the area counties Friday.
An 18-year-old man had serious injuries in a single-vehicle rollover crash in Linn County Friday morning. State Troopers report Ransom C. Wood of Browning was flown to University Hospital in Columbia following the crash at about 3:30 am, on Route M, 8 miles north of Brookfield.
The report states Wood was northbound and fell asleep, ran off the road and the car overturned. He was not wearing a safety belt.
A two-vehicle crash near Mendon left a driver and passenger with serious injuries. State Troopers report the crash occurred at about 7:00 pm Friday on Highway 11, east of Mendon, in Chariton County. According to the report, a car driven by 56-year-old Amy McCampbell of Mendon pulled into the path of a pick-up driven by 49-year-old Christopher Lewis of Mendon.
A five-year-old passenger in the McCampbell vehicle was flown to University Hospital in Columbia – the child was not properly restrained. McCampbell was also taken to University Hospital. Both were treated for serious injuries.
Lewis was not injured.