A Festus man and woman were seriously injured Saturday night (Jan. 2) in a one-car accident at Hwy. 67 and Meyer Road south of Festus, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.
At 10:57 p.m., Ryan S. Bahr, 26, of Festus was driving a southbound 2015 Kia Forte and ran off the right side of the road, where the car struck a concrete barrier, the report said.
Bahr was taken by Joachim-Plattin Ambulance to Mercy Hospital South in south St. Louis County, and a passenger in the car – Annie N. Chambers, 22, of Festus – was taken by Joachim-Plattin Ambulance to Mercy Hospital St. Louis in Creve Coeur, according to the report.
Neither Bahr nor Chambers was wearing a seat belt, the patrol reported.
The car was totaled, the report said.