A 20-year-old Warsaw man suffered serious injuries Saturday night after his pickup truck overcorrected, ran off the road and struck two trees on Feaster Branch Road west of Woodland Road in Benton County. He was not wearing a seat belt at the time, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.
How the Crash Unfolded
According to KOMU 8, the man was driving westbound on Feaster Branch Road around 8:14 p.m. when his truck first ran off the left side of the road. He then overcorrected and ran off the right side before the pickup struck two trees, per the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report cited in that reporting.
The crash left the man with serious injuries, and he was transported to University Hospital in Columbia for treatment, the report states. His truck was totaled in the wreck, and Highway Patrol Troop A responded to the scene, according to the same account.
A Pattern of Benton County Crashes Involving Warsaw Drivers
Saturday's crash is not the only recent wreck to send Warsaw residents to the hospital after a collision in Benton County. In a separate incident, two Warsaw residents were injured in a two-vehicle crash just before 10:30 a.m. at the intersection of U.S. Highway 65 and Route BB, according to kmzu.com.
In that crash, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said a pickup truck driven by a 56-year-old Warsaw man failed to yield and pulled into the path of a Jeep driven by a 72-year-old Warsaw man, the station reported. The pickup driver suffered serious injuries while the Jeep driver sustained moderate injuries, and both were taken to Bothwell Hospital in Sedalia for treatment, per the same account.
