Two men died and one was hurt Tuesday evening (Jan. 9) in a cross-over accident on Hwy. 30 east of Gravois Road in Cedar Hill, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reports.
At 6: 48 p.m., Lucas S. Cravens, 23, of Cedar Hill was driving a 2002 Chevrolet Camaro east on Hwy. 30 about 1/2 mile north of Northwest High School and lost control of the car, which crossed over the grass median and into the westbound lanes, where the front of a westbound pickup struck the driver’s side of the car, the report said.
Cravens and a passenger in the Camaro – Mark Silvia, 24, of Dittmer – were ejected from the car and were pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel from the Big River Ambulance District, according to the report.
Nathan E. Halfhill, 37, of Cedar Hill was driving the pickup, a 2014 GMC Sierra. He was moderately injured and taken by private conveyance to SSM Health St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, where he was treated and released, a hospital spokeswoman said.
All three men involved in the accident were not wearing seat belts, the patrol reported.
Both the car and the pickup were totaled, the report said.