Three injured in crashes Monday

Two Jefferson City residents were injured in a two-vehicle crash Monday afternoon in Cole County. Johnnie E. Light, of Jefferson City, was driving ...

May 24, 2023
4:00 AM

Two Jefferson City residents were injured in a two-vehicle crash Monday afternoon in Cole County. Johnnie E. Light, of Jefferson City, was driving Monday south on Missouri 179 about 1,200 feet south of Modesto Road when Anil K. Thakuri, from Atlanta, Georgia, tried to pass him. The trailer Thakuri was pulling with his 2017 Peterbilt semi-truck hit Light's 2001 Hyundai Accent during the attempted pass, according to a Missouri  Highway Patrol crash report . The impact caused Light, 74, to drive off the right side of the road and hit a ditch.