Seven people were injured Saturday, November 12, 2011, after being involved in a head-on collision near Nixa. The automobile accident occurred around 10 a.m. on Missouri 14, about a mile west of Nixa, reported the Springfield News-Leader.

According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, Nathan Hewett, 18, of Springfield was headed west of Missouri 14 in a 1996 Chevrolet Lumina, when he lost control of his vehicle on a curve and slammed head on into a 2009 Toyota Camry.

The collision left the driver of the Camry, Dean C. Nichols, 85, of Marionville, with serious injuries. Passengers Margaret Nichols, 74, also of Marionville, and Betty J. Ebert, 66, of Aura also sustained serious injuries in the wreck.

Another passenger in the Camry, Jack L. Ebert, 67, of Aurora, sustained moderate injuries.

Hewett and Lumina passenger Bryan W. Wolfe, 16, of Springfield suffered minor injuries. Another passenger in the Lumina, Tiffany K. Barker, 16, of Springfield, suffered moderate injuries.

Responding emergency crews rushed all seven victims to St. John’s Hospital in Springfield for medical treatment.

Police revealed that Margaret Nichols and Betty J. Ebert were not wearing a seatbelt, while the other five victims were.

Investigations into the head-on collision are underway. It is unknown at this time if Hewett would be charged for the injurious wreck.

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A fiery head-on crash Friday night south of Dixon killed three young men from that community, one of whom is the son of the former Pulaski County treasurer and Dixon Municipal Judge and nephew of the Pulaski County Presiding Commissioner and a St. Robert city alderman.

State troopers, Dixon firefighters and sheriff’s deputies responded to a crash near the corner of Highway 28 and Cardinal Road, which is about five miles south of Dixon, and reported that “there is fire on both sides of the road from the head-on wreck” with a person trapped inside the burning vehicle, according to sheriff’s department logs.

Missouri State Highway Patrol reports indicated that Bradley A. Shackleford, 26, had been driving northbound in a 2004 Ford Mustang when he crossed the centerline of Highway 28 about 9:22 p.m. and struck a southbound 1997 Acura nearly head-on driven by James J. Stewart, 24.

Shackleford’s Mustang ran off the east side of the roadway, came to rest in a field and caught fire; Stewart’s Acura ran off the west side of the road, overturned several times and also caught fire.

Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene shortly before 10:30 p.m. by County Coroner Mikel Hartness and transported to Long-Kloeppel Funeral Chapel in Dixon, but a passenger in Shackleford’s vehicle, Chad M. McMeekan, 26, was airlifted by St. John’s Lifeline to University Hospital in Columbia where he survived several hours longer, but was pronounced dead by a hospital doctor at 3:37 a.m. Saturday.

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A Malden, Mo., man lost his life Tuesday in the first winter-related wreck in Stoddard County this season.
Michael D. Jines was struck head-on in his 1996 Dodge Ram as he was traveling south on Highway 25 at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The accident occurred when a Bernie woman, 54-year-old Jana Jennings, was northbound on the snow and slush-covered two-lane blacktop and reportedly lost control of her vehicle, a 2005 Buick CXL. Her vehicle struck Jines’ vehicle head-on. Jennings was uninjured in the wreck. Jines was taken to Missouri Southern Healthcare where he was pronounced dead by Stoddard County Coroner Aaron Mathis just after 8 a.m.

The patrol reports Jines was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash. Jennings was wearing her seat belt.

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A Seymour man suffered serious injuries this morning when the buggy he was driving on a Webster County road was rear-ended by a sport utility vehicle, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Peter Zook, 18, was flown to St. John’s Hospital after the 6:35 a.m. crash on Route O four miles northwest of Seymour.

The accident occurred in an area where Amish live.

The crash occurred when Zook’s buggy was rear-ended by a 2001 Ford Excursion driven by Loin D. Barker, 87, of Seymour.

The force of the collision threw Zook from the buggy, according to the patrol.

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A head-on collision near Nixa on Saturday evening sent seven people to  the hospital, according  to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

A patrol report said Nathan Hewett, 18, of Springfield, was driving a 1996 Chevrolet Lumina east on Missouri 14 about a mile west of Nixa when he lost control on a curve and struck a 2009 Toyota Camry head on.

The driver of the Camry, Dean C. Nichols, 85, of Marionville, suffered serious injuries, the report said. Also suffering serious injuries were Margaret Nichols, 74, also of Marionville, and Betty J. Ebert, 66, of Aurora.

Another passenger in the Camry, Jack L. Ebert, 67, of Aurora, suffered moderate injuries, the report said.

In the Lumina, Hewett suffered minor injuries along with Bryan W. Wolfe, 16, of Springfield, while Tiffany K. Barker, 16, of Springfield, suffered moderate injuries.

All seven were taken to St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, the report said.

The crash happened around 10 p.m., according to the report.

Margaret Nichols and Betty J. Ebert were not wearing seat belts, the report said. The other five were, according to the report.

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A tractor-trailer ran into three sedans on northbound U.S. 63 south of Deer Park Wednesday, said Gary Gundy, a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper.

Gale Blomenkamp, division chief of Boone County Fire Protection District, said seven people were involved in the accident “with varying degrees of injuries, some being minor and precautionary and major to some being a little more severe.”

He said all seven were being taken to University Hospital, including two children who had “nothing visible but … we want to get them to a hospital and get them checked out by a doctor.”

“But nothing appears to be life-threatening at this point,” Blomenkamp said around 4:55 p.m. Wednesday.

Northbound U.S. 63 was closed after the accident, but the right lane of the northbound lanes opened up around 5:35 p.m.

Blomenkamp said that people were trapped in some of the vehicles and that it took around 15 to 20 minutes to extricate a woman from the vehicle with the worst damage.

Gundy said the tractor-trailer was driving northbound in the left lane, and traffic had slowed because of an accident closer to Deer Park. He said cars were trying to merge into the right lane when the tractor-trailer driver noticed traffic had slowed. She swerved, striking three cars.

Gundy said the tractor-trailer driver told him she did not notice everyone stopping. He said this is under investigation.

The initial accident, in which Gundy said he thought a car hit a deer and no people were injured, occurred about a half-mile north of this accident.

The four-vehicle accident occurred in the jurisdiction of Southern Boone County Fire Protection District, but its proximity to Boone County Fire Protection District’s jurisdiction made it a dual-response area, Blomenkamp said. Each district sent three units to the scene, and a total of four ambulances came from University and Boone hospitals.

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A tractor-trailer slammed into the back of a packed minivan in northern Indiana late Thursday, killing at least seven people and sending four others to hospitals, authorities said.

The minivan was carrying 10 people when it was hit along the Indiana Toll Road near Bristol, just south of the Michigan border, according to Indiana State Police. Witness accounts suggest that the minivan may have hit a deer, then slowed or stopped in the eastbound lanes before it was hit from behind by the tractor-trailer, police said.

Seven of the minivan’s occupants died at the scene and the other three were taken to hospitals, including two who were airlifted. The driver of the tractor-trailer also was hospitalized.

None of the victims’ names has been released. The conditions of those who survived also haven’t been released.

State Police spokesman Sgt. Trent Smith said early Friday that the minivan had an Illinois license plate, and the truck had a Wisconsin tag. Both vehicles ended up in the center median, blocking traffic in both directions.

“That’s not to say that the driver of the truck was from Wisconsin or the driver of minivan was from Illinois, but that’s where the vehicles were registered,” Smith said.

No other vehicles were involved in the accident, which was reported shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday. The crash shut down the toll road, though it was reopened just before midnight.

Other details weren’t immediately available, Smith said.

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A tractor-trailer slammed into the back of a packed minivan in northern Indiana late Thursday, killing at least seven people and sending four others to hospitals, authorities said.

The minivan was carrying 10 people when it was hit along the Indiana Toll Road near Bristol, just south of the Michigan border, according to Indiana State Police. Witness accounts suggest that the minivan may have hit a deer, then slowed or stopped in the eastbound lanes before it was hit from behind by the tractor-trailer, police said.

Seven of the minivan’s occupants died at the scene and the other three were taken to hospitals, including two who were airlifted. The driver of the tractor-trailer also was hospitalized.

None of the victims’ names has been released. The conditions of those who survived also haven’t been released.

State Police spokesman Sgt. Trent Smith said early Friday that the minivan had an Illinois license plate, and the truck had a Wisconsin tag. Both vehicles ended up in the center median, blocking traffic in both directions.

“That’s not to say that the driver of the truck was from Wisconsin or the driver of minivan was from Illinois, but that’s where the vehicles were registered,” Smith said.

No other vehicles were involved in the accident, which was reported shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday. The crash shut down the toll road, though it was reopened just before midnight.

Other details weren’t immediately available, Smith said.

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A tractor-trailer slammed into the back of a packed minivan in northern Indiana late Thursday, killing at least seven people and sending four others to hospitals, authorities said.

The minivan was carrying 10 people when it was hit along the Indiana Toll Road near Bristol, just south of the Michigan border, according to Indiana State Police. Witness accounts suggest that the minivan may have hit a deer, then slowed or stopped in the eastbound lanes before it was hit from behind by the tractor-trailer, police said.

Seven of the minivan’s occupants died at the scene and the other three were taken to hospitals, including two who were airlifted. The driver of the tractor-trailer also was hospitalized.

None of the victims’ names has been released. The conditions of those who survived also haven’t been released.

State Police spokesman Sgt. Trent Smith said early Friday that the minivan had an Illinois license plate, and the truck had a Wisconsin tag. Both vehicles ended up in the center median, blocking traffic in both directions.

“That’s not to say that the driver of the truck was from Wisconsin or the driver of minivan was from Illinois, but that’s where the vehicles were registered,” Smith said.

No other vehicles were involved in the accident, which was reported shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday. The crash shut down the toll road, though it was reopened just before midnight.

Other details weren’t immediately available, Smith said.

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A tractor-trailer slammed into the back of a packed minivan in northern Indiana late Thursday, killing at least seven people and sending four others to hospitals, authorities said.

The minivan was carrying 10 people when it was hit along the Indiana Toll Road near Bristol, just south of the Michigan border, according to Indiana State Police. Witness accounts suggest that the minivan may have hit a deer, then slowed or stopped in the eastbound lanes before it was hit from behind by the tractor-trailer, police said.

Seven of the minivan’s occupants died at the scene and the other three were taken to hospitals, including two who were airlifted. The driver of the tractor-trailer also was hospitalized.

None of the victims’ names has been released. The conditions of those who survived also haven’t been released.

State Police spokesman Sgt. Trent Smith said early Friday that the minivan had an Illinois license plate, and the truck had a Wisconsin tag. Both vehicles ended up in the center median, blocking traffic in both directions.

“That’s not to say that the driver of the truck was from Wisconsin or the driver of minivan was from Illinois, but that’s where the vehicles were registered,” Smith said.

No other vehicles were involved in the accident, which was reported shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday. The crash shut down the toll road, though it was reopened just before midnight.

Other details weren’t immediately available, Smith said.

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A tractor-trailer slammed into the back of a packed minivan in northern Indiana late Thursday, killing at least seven people and sending four others to hospitals, authorities said.

The minivan was carrying 10 people when it was hit along the Indiana Toll Road near Bristol, just south of the Michigan border, according to Indiana State Police. Witness accounts suggest that the minivan may have hit a deer, then slowed or stopped in the eastbound lanes before it was hit from behind by the tractor-trailer, police said.

Seven of the minivan’s occupants died at the scene and the other three were taken to hospitals, including two who were airlifted. The driver of the tractor-trailer also was hospitalized.

None of the victims’ names has been released. The conditions of those who survived also haven’t been released.

State Police spokesman Sgt. Trent Smith said early Friday that the minivan had an Illinois license plate, and the truck had a Wisconsin tag. Both vehicles ended up in the center median, blocking traffic in both directions.

“That’s not to say that the driver of the truck was from Wisconsin or the driver of minivan was from Illinois, but that’s where the vehicles were registered,” Smith said.

No other vehicles were involved in the accident, which was reported shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday. The crash shut down the toll road, though it was reopened just before midnight.

Other details weren’t immediately available, Smith said.

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A tractor-trailer slammed into the back of a packed minivan in northern Indiana late Thursday, killing at least seven people and sending four others to hospitals, authorities said.

The minivan was carrying 10 people when it was hit along the Indiana Toll Road near Bristol, just south of the Michigan border, according to Indiana State Police. Witness accounts suggest that the minivan may have hit a deer, then slowed or stopped in the eastbound lanes before it was hit from behind by the tractor-trailer, police said.

Seven of the minivan’s occupants died at the scene and the other three were taken to hospitals, including two who were airlifted. The driver of the tractor-trailer also was hospitalized.

None of the victims’ names has been released. The conditions of those who survived also haven’t been released.

State Police spokesman Sgt. Trent Smith said early Friday that the minivan had an Illinois license plate, and the truck had a Wisconsin tag. Both vehicles ended up in the center median, blocking traffic in both directions.

“That’s not to say that the driver of the truck was from Wisconsin or the driver of minivan was from Illinois, but that’s where the vehicles were registered,” Smith said.

No other vehicles were involved in the accident, which was reported shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday. The crash shut down the toll road, though it was reopened just before midnight.

Other details weren’t immediately available, Smith said.

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In Florida, Rescuers said five people were hurt in a head-on crash of a tractor-trailer and a Duval County School District vehicle on State Road 9A at St. Johns Bluff Road on Wednesday morning that caused damage to the overpass.

One victim, 39-year-old Rafaell Harris, a maintenance man for the school district, was flown to Shands Jacksonville Medical Center with critical injuries. Three other victims were taken to Shands and one to the emergency room at Mayo Clinic, all with minor injuries.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, it appears a tire blew on a semi hauling a trailer full of beer northbound about 8:30 a.m., causing the driver, 22-year-old Amnon Rattray Jr., to lose control and the big rig to hit a guardrail, enter the oncoming lane, hit the school truck and three other vehicles. The big rig then overturned and hit the side of the overpass, leaving a crack in the barrier wall.

Two cars struck the trailer and a fifth car swerved to avoid the crash and struck the guardrail. The drivers of those vehicles were 60-year-old Joann Largen, 27-year-old Christina Smith and 27-year-old Ryan Vanhouten, all of Jacksonville. Charles Smith, 46, was a passenger in Christina Smith’s car who suffered minor injuries. Vanhouten was not hurt.

Some crash debris landed on the road below.

“He called me around 8:30 this morning and said he’d been in an accident,” said Regina Maaske, whose son was involved in the crash.

Maaske said she raced down to the scene to check on her son, and when she got there, she saw the chaos.

“He said a truck went over the rail and he had to swerve to hit him,” Maaske said. “It was coming within like two feet of him. He had to swerve and ended up hitting the guardrail.”

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