A single-vehicle crash on Route OO claimed the lives of a woman and two children on Christmas Eve, authorities said. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that a 2004 Ford F-150, driven by a 28-year-old woman from Valley Mines, veered off the road while traveling northbound and struck a tree.

LINCOLN, Missouri — Three people have died after a fatal crash in St. Francois County late Tuesday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 28-year-old woman was on northbound on Route OO around 7:30 p.m. when the pickup truck she was driving left the road and struck a tree.

A 22-year-old Kansas woman is dead following a head-on crash in Doniphan County Wednesday morning. The crash was reported just after 8:40 a.m. on Kansas Highway 7, about 9 miles north of Atchison, Kansas,