Two-car crash in Nodaway County sends three to hospital
Three people were injured Wednesday after two cars collided at the intersection of Highway 71 and Highway U in Nodaway County, Missouri.
According to the initial crash report, James O’Donnell, 19, was attempting to cross Highway 71 in a 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis just before the Missouri car crash. The investigating officer from the Missouri Highway Patrol wrote that O’Donnell failed to yield to a northbound 1996 Plymouth Neon, driven by Brandi Mallory, 33. The northbound vehicle struck the passenger side of O’Donnell’s Grand Marquis and both vehicles ended up off the northeast side of the intersection.
O’Donnell and Mallory were both injured and taken to St. Francis Hospital. A passenger in Mallory’s vehicle, Tannara Hoover, 19, was also injured and taken to St. Francis for treatment.
Neither Mallory nor Hoover was wearing a seat belt.
The Missouri Highway Patrol did not indicate any citations were given, but the initial crash report does seem to indicate fault on the part of O’Donnell for failing to yield. Should a personal injury lawsuit arise from the accident, a Missouri car accident attorney will investigate the crash further to see if indeed negligence on the part of either driver led to this multiple injury crash.
