Four injured in Missouri car crash as vehicle slides out of control
Four people were injured, including two teens and a two-year-old, when a vehicle slid out of control Saturday on Highway 21 in Ripley County, Missouri.
According to the investigating officer’s crash report, Ashley Vosburg, 18, lost control of her vehicle and began to slide off the right side of the roadway. In trying to regain control of her 2001 Pontiac, Vosburg overcorrected and slid across the center line into oncoming traffic. Vosburg’s car crashed into a 1989 Ford Escort driven by Jerrie Joplin, 65.
Vosburg and a 2-year-old passenger, Allyssa Williams, suffered moderate to minor injuries and sought help for their car accident injuries at Ripley County Memorial Hospital. Jerrie Joplin and his passenger, Ethan Joplin, 16, suffered more serious injuries and were taken to by ambulance to Ripley County Memorial, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Thankfully no one was killed in this crash, but there were serious injuries and damages will need to be paid to cover the cost of medical expenses. It might be easy this time of year to simply blame bad weather for accidents like these, but that should not excuse drivers if they are found to be negligently operating their cars. If anything, drivers should be even more responsible and cautious in winter weather knowing the potential dangers on the road. Whether you think icy roads contributed to an accident or not, if you are injured in a Missouri car accident, you should contact a Missouri personal injury lawyer as soon as you are able.
