MORGAN COUNTY —Two people died in an accident just after 7:30a.m. Tuesday in Morgan County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Mercedes S-Class driven by an 18-year-old Sedalia man was eastbound on U.S. 50 near Old U.S. 50.
The car rear-ended a 2007 Chevy Cobalt driven by a 48-year-old Cole Camp woman. The impact pushed the Chevy into the westbound lane where it struck a 2012 Mazda 3 driven by a 38-year-old Russellville man head-on.
The Russellville man was pronounced dead at the scene. MU Air transported the driver of the Chevy and a 45-year-old male passenger in the Chevy to University Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
The driver of the Mazda and the occupants of the Chevy were not wearing seat belts, according to the MSHP. The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims.