Mar 29, 2020

NW Missouri woman hospitalized after head-on crash

Posted Mar 29, 2020 2:23 AM

CLINTON COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just before 3p.m. Saturday in Clinton County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Dodge Ram 2500 driven by Debra A. Lavender, 57, Plattsburg, was southbound on U.S. 169 four miles south of Gower.

The driver attempted a left turn onto MO 116 and traveled into the path of a northbound 2016 Cadillac ATS driven by Kathleen M. McClung, 42, Trimble. The vehicles collided head-on. The Dodge spun, traveled off the road down an embankment and overturned. The Cadillac then struck a stop sign.

Tri-County ambulance transported McClung to Liberty Hospital. Lavender and two passengers in the Cadillac did not seek immediate medical treatment.  A four were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the  MSHP.