Dec 26, 2022

2 hospitalized after SUVs crash Christmas night

Posted Dec 26, 2022 12:12 PM

MERCER COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just after 6:30p.m. Sunday in Mercer County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2020 Isuzu Axiom driven by Jose A. Solorzano, 42, Princeton, was eastbound on U.S. 136 in Princeton. 

The SUV traveled into the westbound lanes. A westbound 2017 Chevy Traverse driven by Jason R. Eakes, 47, Cainesville, struck the Isuzu in the passenger side.

Mercer County ambulance transported Solorzano and a passenger Julio C. De Luna, 43, Unionville, to Wright Memorial Hospital.  Eakes was not injured.  All were properly restrained, according to the MSHP.