Two vehicle crash claims life of man, infant

A head-on collision in Lawrence County, Missouri, Tuesday evening claimed the life of a man from Ash Grove and has claimed the life of an infant from Republic.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident happened on Highway 96, six miles west of Miller, when 32-year-old Wyatt Seelaus Cady‘s truck went off the road, overcorrected, then crossed the center line and hit a van that the baby girl was riding in.

Cady and the girl were pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the van, 31-year-old Curtis M. Forrest, and a 3-year-old boy suffered serious injuries.