By the Associated Press:
Authorities in Platte County, Missouri say a man and a teenage boy were killed in crash that also injured two other children and a woman.
The Platte County Sheriff’s Office said the crash happened Sunday afternoon on state Highway 92 between Platte City and Smithville. Investigators say a minivan driven by a 37-year-old man from Salina, Kansas, overcorrected after drifting onto the shoulder and veered into oncoming traffic, colliding with a car. Officials say the man and a 14-year-old passenger were killed.
Two other passengers in the minivan, a 6-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl, were rushed to a hospital. Investigators say the 67-year-old woman driving the car also was taken to a hospital with injuries. Officials have not released the names of the man and child killed.
