Sunday wreck snarls I-44
PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (Oct. 17, 2011) — A Sunday afternoon wreck snarled Interstate 44 between Waynesville and St. Robert, totaling two cars and sending three people to area hospitals, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports.
Troopers reported that Grace M. Halverson, 18, of Florissant, had been driving a 2000 Chevrolet Malibu westbound at mile marker 158 when she changed lanes at 3:15 p.m. and struck a 2009 Toyota Corolla driven by Shaina R. Updike, 21, of Waynesville which was also travelling westbound. Both the Corolla and Malibu ran off the right side of the road, overcorrected, ran off the left side of the road, struck a rock embankment, and ran off the right side of the road again before coming to rest.
Both drivers suffered moderate injuries. Halverson was transported to Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla; Shaina Updike and an infant passenger, Josiah W. Updike, were both transported to General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital. The infant had only minor injuries.