Franklin County Missouri Car Crash Kills Two and Injures Three
Two teenage brothers were killed and three others were seriously injured in a fatal car wreck on August 1, 2007. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, around 11:40 a.m., the Busby brothers, ages 16 and 17, were driving home from the Town and Country Fair when their Toyota Corolla crossed the center line on Highway 47 in Franklin County, MO, slamming head on into a Honda Accord and striking the driver’s side of a third vehicle.
Sixteen year old David Busby was pronounced dead at the scene and his seventeen year old brother, Jesse Busby, was taken to St. John’s Hospital in Washington County, Missouri, where he later died from serious personal injuries.
The driver of the Honda Accord that was hit head on was seriously injured and had to be air lifted to St. John’s Hospital. The passenger of the Honda Accord and the driver of the third vehicle had injuries ranging from moderate to severe. Both were transported by ambulance to St. John’s Hospital.
