Two teenagers were airlifted to Mercy Hospital in Springfield after their vehicle caught fire as a result of being struck by another vehicle on at 10:30 a.m. Friday on Interstate 49 in Pineville, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said
A 2014 Chevrolet pickup driven by Roy M. Hurst, 48, of Houston, Mo., lost control and struck a 1991 Isuzu Sidekick driven by Ezra P. Thompson, 19, of Anderson. Samuel E. Thompson, 17, of Anderson was a passenger. Both were wearing seat belts, according to the patrol.