Seven people injured in Friday afternoon I-70 accident
A three-vehicle accident Friday afternoon on I-70 in Boone County sent seven people to the hospital with various degrees of injuries.
The accident happened at 5:45pm on eastbound I-70 at mile marker 122.8, as 27-year-old Samuel Creasy of Columbia, driving a 2021 Ram 3500, overtook and struck a 2017 GMC Acadia, driven by a 37-year-old Fayette woman, and a 2024 Volkswagen Jetta, driven by a 55-year-old Columbia woman. Creasy struck both of the other vehicles causing his truck to travel off the right side of the road, strike a rock embankment and return to the roadway. A 26-year-old Columbia man who was a passenger in his vehicle suffered serious injuries.
The 38-year-old driver of the Acadia suffered minor injuries as did a 14-year-old female passenger from Fayette and a 15-year-old female passenger from New Franklin. A 15-year-old boy from Fayette, also a passenger in the Acadia, suffered serious injuries.
The driver of the Jetta suffered minor injuries while an 80-year-old female passenger in her car suffered serious injuries.
All seven were transported by ambulance to University Hospital.
Creasy has been charged with with three counts of DWI – involving a serious Physical Injury and three counts of Careless and Imprudent Driving resulting in a traffic crash.
