Two Injured in Crash in Fayette County Saturday Morning

(THE TANKER TRUCK INVOLVED IN THE HEAD-ON COLLISION IN FAYETTE COUNTY SATURDAY MORNING)

A car collided with a tanker truck in Fayette County Saturday morning.

State police say the crash occurred at 6:50am on US 51 near Vernon, south of Vandalia. The crash report indicates that a car driven by 31-year-old Kevin Donnals of Farina crossed into the lane of the tanker truck and the units collided head-on, with the tanker truck ending up on its passenger side. The name of the driver of the tanker truck, a 58-year-old Vandalia man, has not been released.

Both drivers were injured in the collision. Donnals was airlifted by Arch Air Ambulance to St. Louis University Hospital, while the driver of the tanker truck was airlifted by Air Evac to Barnes Hospital in St. Louis.

Donnals was cited for improper lane usage.