LAKELAND — An Indiana man and his wife are dead and four people are injured after a two-car crash on U.S. 54 in Miller County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash Tuesday evening killed 52-year-old Philip Nelson and his 53-year-old wife Rhonda Brown, both of Lowell, Ind. Troopers said the car they were riding in was crossing U.S. 54 when it was hit broadside by an oncoming car.
An accident report said the couple were passengers in a car driven by 73-year-old Robert Harsy of Jefferson City. Harsy, his wife and two 20-year-old men in the other car suffered moderate or minor injuries.