A semi passing a passenger vehicle on a Gentry County road Thursday clipped the front of the car with the back of the trailer, sending it off the highway and into a creek bottom.

Two elderly women in the car were hospitalized with moderate injuries.

The crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says Marcus Sommers of Maysville was attempting to pass the Dodge Stratus along Route-A, nine miles south of Albany, at 10:43am. The trailer struck the left front of the Stratus, sending it off the road, into an embankment and the creek bottom.

Sommers, 22, was not hurt, and was released at the scene.

The report identifies the other driver as Mary C. Barger, 95, of Albany, Mo. Her passenger was identified as Ann L. Halstead, 85, also of Albany. Both were transported by ambulance to Gentry County Hospital.