PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. — Three people were killed and two others suffered minor injuries in a head-on crash involving four vehicles Wednesday night in Phelps County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened shortly before 9 p.m. on Highway 63 south of Rolla, near County Road 5170.
According to a crash report, a Monte Carlo driven by 61-year-old Patrick Perry of Newburg crossed the center line and struck the side of a GMC Yukon before crashing head-on into a Ford Focus. The crash caused both cars to spin and a Ford F-150 then struck Perry, sending his Monte Carlo off the road and into a rock bluff.
Perry was pronounced dead at the scene along with the two occupants of the Ford Focus: 19-year-old Grace Gorman of Rolla, and 18-year-old Michael Sutton of Edgar Springs.
Two people in the Yukon, a 16-year-old driver and an 11-year-old, suffered minor injuries. The 16-year-old driver of the Ford F-150 was not injured.
