Rear-end collision sends car into oncoming traffic in Camden County, Missouri
Six people were injured, four seriously, when a 1998 Chevrolet was forced into oncoming traffic on Missouri Highway 5 near North Junction.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred Monday afternoon when the Chevrolet, driven by Jerry Blair, 37, was rear-ended by a 2006 Cadillac, driven by Forrest Riley, 84. The impact of the crash caused Blair’s vehicle to veer into oncoming traffic where it hit a 2000 Mercury head-on.
All four passengers in the Mercury sustained serious injury. Wendell Buckler, 84, was driving and his passengers were his wife, Laura Buckler, 83; his brother, William Buckler, 89; and his sister-in-law, Mary Buckler, 72.
All of the Bucklers were taken to Lake Regional Hospital for treatment except for Wendell, who was flown to University Hospital in Columbia.
Blair and his wife Rachell, 34, suffered moderate to minor injuries, but refused treatment at the scene. Riley did not sustain an injury, according to the investigating officer.
