A Clarinda woman was seriously injured in a head-on collision with a semi-truck on Route 71 one mile north of Burlington Junction Thursday at around 10:40 am. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that a 2009 Honda CRV driven by Carly Rahn (20) of Clarinda was southbound on 71 and a 1999 Peterbuilt Standard driven by Douglas Richardson of Hopkins was northbound. The Honda crossed the center line into the northbound lane. The Peterbuilt attempted to avoid collision and traveled off the east side of the roadway. The vehicles collided head-on. The Honda traveled off the west side of the roadway and came to rest on the west side. The Peterbuilt overturned, came to rest on its passenger side in the roadway, and caught fire. Rahn was seriously injured and taken to Mosaic in Maryville. Richardson was not injured.
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