Nov 25, 2022

Four adults killed, 1-year-old survives, head-on crash on I-44

Posted Nov 25, 2022 9:41 PM

GREENE COUNTY — Four people from Missouri are dead after a three-vehicle accident just before 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.

The Missouri State High Patrol reported a 2015 Dodge Ram driven by Joshua R. Wamsley, 33, Springfield, was eastbound on Interstate 44 just west of Springfield when the pickup struck the rear of a 2011 Chevy Traverse driven by Ryan Schultz, 40, Fair Grove. 

The Traverse traveled into the westbound lanes and struck a westbound 2018 Ford Escape driven by Patrick J. Holloway, 44, Republic, head-on.

Holloway and a passenger — Shandrea L. Holloway, 44, Republic — were killed in the accident. A 1-year old in the Escape sustained moderate injuries. All were properly restrained.

Wamsley and a passenger — Danielle E. Dillman, 36, Springfield, were also killed in the accident.  The patrol reported neither were wearing seat belts.

Schultz was not injured, the patrol reported.