NOVINGER, Mo. (AP) - An investigation continues into an accident that killed three people in northeast Missouri.
KTVO-TV reports that the accident happened about 2:30 a.m. Monday on Adair County Route O near the town of Novinger. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a pickup truck and an SUV collided head-on at the crest of a hill.
Troopers say the SUV driven by 36-year-old Nicholaus Ford of Kirksville crossed the center line and collided with a truck driven by 47-year-old Thomas Trauernicht of Green Castle. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger in the SUV, 30-year-old Samantha Peek, also was killed.
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