May 22, 2020

Missouri woman dies after wrong-way, head-on crash

Posted May 22, 2020 11:00 PM

LAFAYETTE COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 4:30a.m. Friday in Lafayette County. 

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Chevy Camaro driven by Jackie A. Gabbard, 31, Lexington, was southbound in the northbound in the northbound lane of Highway 0 just south of Prairie Valley Road.

The Camaro struck a 1998 Dodge Durango driven by Bart R. Tennison, 46, Lexington head-on.

Gabbard was pronounced dead at the scene.  Odessa EMS transported a passenger in the Camaro Christopher A. Smith, 27, Lexington, to Centerpoint Hospital.  Lexington EMS transported Tennison to Centerpoint Hospital.  The occupants of the Camaro were not wearing seat belts, according to the MSHP.