Sunday, October 16, 2022

Republic, Billings teens killed, two others injured when car slams into tree

 Two teens were killed and two others injured in a one-vehicle accident 6:15 p.m. Saturday on Farm Road 170, one mile east of Republic.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2005 Honda Accord driven by a 16-year-old Republic boy traveled off the left side of the roadway and struck a tree.

Greene County Medical Examiner Tom Vandeberg pronounced the driver and a passenger, a 15-year-old Billings boy dead at the scene.







Two other passengers, a 16-year-old Republic girl and a 16-year-old Republic boy were treated for serious and minor injuries, respectively, at Cox South Hospital, Springfield.

The fatalities were the 106th and 107th this year for Highway Patrol Troop D.

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