Two perish in multi-vehicle collision on Meyer Boulevard and 71 Hwy

At 12:37 pm Monday, ambulance services responded to the area of Meyer Boulevard and 71 Highway to meet Metropolitan Police Officers on a reported injury collision with life-threatening injuries.

Preliminary investigation revealed that a silver Subaru Forrester and a silver Ford Escape were both stopped for the red traffic control signal on the exit ramp from northbound 71 Highway to Meyer Boulevard.  A black Ford F150 was travelling northbound on the exit ramp at a high rate of speed.

The F150 sideswiped the Escape and struck the rear end of the Subaru. The F150 pushed the Subaru northbound across the eastbound lanes of Meyer, through the center median, and over a concrete wall. As the Subaru was being pushed over the wall, the vehicle overturned and landed in the westbound lanes of Meyer. As the front of the F150 disengaged from the Subaru, the vehicle began to rotate across the westbound lanes of Meyer. The F150 then struck a gray GMC Sierra that was traveling westbound on Meyer before coming to rest.

The driver and front seat passenger of the Subaru were both declared deceased at the scene.

The driver of the F150 was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and is in critical condition.

The driver of the Escape was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and is in stable condition.

The driver of the GMC was uninjured in the collision.

This is fatalities #12 and #13 compared to #9 at this time last year.