Lawrence County, Missouri – July 20, 2011
One driver’s failure to stop at an intersection sent two people to the hospital Wednesday evening.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports, Jeptha T. Blackburn, 71, of Wentworth traveled south on County Road 1010 in a 1995 GMC Sierra. About 5:45 p.m. he was hit on his passenger side by a 2004 Ford Taurus driven by 49-year-old Larussell resident Carl E. Bowman. Mr. Bowman did not stop at a stop sign as he traveled west on County Road 2130 at the intersection with County Road 1010.
Mr. Bowman suffered moderate injuries and was taken to Cox South Hospital. Anna M. Gilmore, 21, of Carthage, was in the vehicle with Mr. Bowman. She also suffered moderate injuries. She was airlifted to Freeman Hospital West.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration‘s National Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Study found that driver error was the primary cause of 90 percent of major traffic crashes.
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