CHILLICOTHE – One person was hospitalized and two fled the scene after an accident just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday in Livingston County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Ford F 150 pulling a U-Haul trailer and driven by Richard D. Hillman, 57, Blair, NE., was northbound on U.S. 65 three miles south of Chillicothe.

The driver observed a 2000 Mercury Sable cross the centerline and swerve onto the north shoulder to avoid a collision. The Mercury struck the U-Haul trailer. The Ford rotated and stopped in the northbound lane of the highway.

Two of the five occupants of the Mercury fled the scene prior to officers arriving on the scene.

The driver of the Mercury Alexander D. Colclough, 19, Liberty, and s passenger Hezekiah L. Cain, 22, Kansas City, refused treatment.

Another passenger in the Mercury Tanen S. Gillahan, 21, Kearney, was transported to St. Luke’s on the Plaza.

Hillman was not injured.
The KHP reported the passengers in the Mercury were not wearing seat belts.