Eight Cassville residents, including 6 children, injured in collision on 76

Eight Cassville residents were injured in a two-vehicle collision 3:20 p.m. Friday on MO 76 one mile east of Exeter.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2015 Ford Flex driven by Samantha J. Slavens Mason, 30, Cassville, failed to yield to a 2010 Infiniti QX56 driven by Ashley M. Easter, 35, Cassville. Both vehicles traveled off the right side of the roadway.

Slavens Mason was treated for serious injuries and two passengers in her vehicle, William V. Mason and an 11-year-old boy, both of Cassville, for minor injuries at Mercy Hospital, Rogers, Arkansas.

Easter was treated for serious injuries at Mercy Springfield.

Four passengers in the Easter vehicle, a 5-year-old girl, a 7-year-old boy, a 10-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl, all of Cassville, were treated for minor injuries at Cox Monett.