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A Festus man suffered moderate injuries while two others had minor injuries in a crash of two minivans Sunday afternoon, Aug. 28, on Hwy. B near Morse Mill.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that Vicki Wehrle, 65, of Bonne Terre was driving a 2013 Chrysler Town and Country minivan south on Hwy. B north of Circling Hawk Drive east of the Morse Mill area at 3 p.m. when she crossed into the northbound lane and the front of her van hit the front of an oncoming 2007 Chrysler Town and Country minivan driven by a 15-year-old boy from Festus.

Wehrle and the teen both suffered minor injuries and both were taken by Big River Ambulance, Wehrle to Mercy Hospital St. Louis in Creve Coeur and the teen to Mercy Hospital South in south St. Louis County.

A passenger in the 2007 van, Daryk Campbell, 43, of Festus, sustained moderate injuries and was taken by Valle Ambulance to Mercy Hospital South, the report said.

Updates on their conditions were not available.

All involved in the accident were wearing seat belts, the report said.

Both vans were totaled, according to the report.

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