Pittsburg, PA
Pittsburg woman killed in wrong-way crash in Missouri
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KLTV) – A Pittsburg girl and two different Texas residents have died after they had been hit by a wrong-way driver Friday morning in Springfield, Missouri.
Sharon Farmer, 69, of Pittsburg, Ukena Farmer, 45, of Dallas, and Stephen Figgins, 61, of Missouri Metropolis, died within the crash.
In line with sister station KY3, Springfield police responded to a name concerning a driver, Steven Jordan, 65, of Republic, Mo., going westbound within the eastbound lanes of James River Freeway close to Nationwide Avenue round 1 a.m. His pickup truck hit the victims’ Ford Expedition head-on close to West Bypass. Police consider intoxication was an element within the crash.
Police say three others contained in the Expedition suffered crucial accidents. Jordan suffered accidents, too.
Copyright 2023 KLTV. All rights reserved.