A 19-year-old was killed and an elderly man seriously injured in a crash Wednesday morning in Savannah.

Joshua Spears of Savannah was pronounced deceased at Mosaic Life Care around 10:47 a.m. Wednesday after a two-vehicle crash on Business 71 and 5 St.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Spears was westbound in a 2005 Cadillac STS and Norman Johnson, 70 of Savannah was eastbound in a 1997 Ford F150 just after 10 a.m.  The Patrol said Spears’s vehicle crossed the center line and hit Jonson’s vehicle head-on.  Spears’ vehicle came to rest facing south on its wheels, Johnson’s facing east off the southside of the roadway.

Both were taken by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care for treatment.  Johnson was taken with serious injuries, Spears was pronounced deceased.