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Woman involved in Route WW collision dies

Sunday, January 17, 2010 | 1:41 p.m. CST; updated 6:31 p.m. CST, Sunday, January 17, 2010

Missouri State Trooper Scott Ballard, left, takes notes for his accident report at the site of a head-on collision on Highway WW east of Rangeline Road early Saturday afternoon. Both drivers, the only occupants of the vehicles, were taken to University Hospital with moderate to severe injuries.   ¦  Matthew Cavanah

BY Alexandra Pfenninger

*CORRECTION: The Geo Prizm was the vehicle that crossed the center line. The accident occurred on Saturday. An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported this information.

COLUMBIA – The 21-year-old driver involved in a near head-on collision Saturday* afternoon on Route WW has died.

Brandy Phillips, who lived in Thompson, near Mexico, was pronounced dead several hours after being taken to University Hospital.

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  Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper Scott Ballard and members of the Boone County Fire Protection District begin their investigation into the cause of a head-on collision on Highway WW early Saturday afternoon. Both drivers were taken to University Hospital with moderate to severe injuries, Ballard said.

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According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred when Phillips’ Ford Festiva collided with a westbound Geo Prizm that crossed the center line* less than a mile east of Rangeline Road.

The driver of the Prizm, Byron Young, a 38-year-old man from Fulton, was also taken to University Hospital with moderate injuries. He was listed in fair condition Sunday afternoon.

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