Two injured in Friday Osage County wreck

Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 7:27 a.m. Friday on U.S. 63 at Castle Rock Road in Osage County.

According to the Missouri Highway Patrol report, a 2013 Chevrolet Equinox, driven southbound by Patricia A. Burmeister, 48, Jefferson City, was stopped in traffic to make a left turn. The vehicle was struck in the rear by a 2007 Ford Escape, driven southbound by Bennie J. Pennock, 63, Rolla. Following impact, the Pennock vehicle went down a steep embankment.

The patrol indicated Burmeister and a passenger in the Pennock vehicle, Holly M. Pennock, 38, were taken to University Hospital in Columbia with minor injuries.

Everyone was wearing a seat belt, the patrol reported.