Five Worth County and Northeast Nodaway students were coming home from football practice Tuesday night between 6:30 and 7 p.m. when they were all injured in a head-on collision. Injured were Gavin Hawk, Andrew Faustlin, Andrew Mullock, Justin Parker, and Rowdy West. Gavin Hawk had just dropped another football player home and was returning home when he had a head-on collision with a car driven by Andrew Faustlin in front of MFA. The collision was audible from one mile away. The accident was investigated by the Worth County Sheriff's Office, Missouri Highway Patrol, Sheridan Fire Department, and the Worth County Ambulance.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that a 1998 Chevy Monte Carlo driven by Faustlin and a 2008 Ford F250 driven by Hawk both changed lanes into the opposite lane. The Patrol says they both made illegal lane changes into oncoming traffic. The Faustlin vehicle crossed back into the westbound lane. Both vehicles left the north side of the road attempting to avoid each other, but hit head-on according to the Patrol's account of the accident.
Faustlin was seriously injured and taken to Heartland Regional Medical Center by the Mercy 1 Helicopter of Clarinda, IA. Andrew Mullock received moderate injuries and was taken by private vehicle to St. Francis. Parker received serious injuries and was taken to Heartland Regional Medical Center by the Worth County Ambulance and later to Children's Mercy in Kansas City. Rowdy West received moderate injuries, and was taken by Ambulance to St. Francis Hospital in Maryville. Gavin Hawk received moderate injuries and was taken by personal vehicle to St. Francis Hospital.
Gavin Hawk resumed practicing Thursday and participated in most of the drills at practice Friday. Andrew Mullock returned to school Thursday and was at practice that day. He will resume participating in practices in two weeks. Rowdy West came to practice Friday. Both Andrew Faustlin and Justin Parker were home from the hospital as of Sunday and are on the road to recovery.
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