DEKALB COUNTY, Mo. (KCTV) - A 38-year-old woman died on Sunday morning after she was involved in two car crashes that left five others injured.
A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report indicated that Luci Pineda of Farmington, Minnesota, was driving on southbound Interstate 35 just north of Cameron, Missouri, at 5 a.m. when her 2000 Toyota 4Runner drove into the median and overcorrected. The vehicle returned back onto the interstate but overturned.
The Toyota came to a rest upside over both lanes of traffic, the front of the vehicle facing south. Pineda was not injured, but a pair of 27-year-old passengers, one male and another female, suffered minor and serious injuries, respectively. Neither was wearing a seatbelt, the crash report stated.
Pineda got out of her vehicle and was in the roadway when a southbound Ford Edge struck her and the 4Runner about 5:05 a.m.
Pineda died from her injuries at the scene of the crash, while three passengers in the Ford were injured. A 56-year-old woman who had not been wearing a seatbelt suffered serious injuries, while a 36-year-old woman and a baby sustained moderate and minor injuries, respectively.
The driver of the Ford was not injured.