Four hurt in crash when car pulls into oncoming traffic

City officer Todd Rowland radios in a report from the scene of a three-vehicle accident on Highway 70 Bypass Monday morning, which sent four to the hospital, as one of the injured is attended to in the background.

One family saw three injured in the 11 a.m. wreck at the intersection of the bypass and Old Smithville Road, all taken to River Park Hospital by ambulance for treatment of non-lifethreatening injuries. Among the injured in the vehicle driven by Mary Wooten Johnson, 64, were family members Larry Johnson Sr., Larry Johnson Jr. and Ashley Johnson.

The injuries occurred as the Johnsons were traveling eastbound in their 2006 Dodge Magnum on the bypass. According to police reports, Toniah Prater, 37, was heading westbound in her Ford Mustang, and attempted to make a turn off the bypass, her vehicle entering the path of the oncoming Magnum. One of her passengers, Jackie Prater, was taken to River Park for treatment of injuries.

The two vehicles slammed together in the intersection with Johnsons? vehicle being re-directed into a string of stopped cars which were at the intersection waiting on the traffic light to turn. One of the vehicles was a Chevy Camaro driven by Adia Rosalee Haston, 25, who was struck by the Johnson car before it came to rest.

Prater was cited for failure to yield following an investigation. Haston, who was minding her own business at the red light before she was struck in the chain reaction wreck, was cited for failure to show proof of insurance.