Wreck Injures Park Hills Man

(St. Louis County, MO) A man from Park Hills, 30 year old Zachary T. Branham, is recovering from moderate injuries after a crash in St. Louis County Tuesday night at 9:20. Troopers with the Highway Patrol say Branham was a passenger in a van driven by 62 year old Wavely E. Minton, of Poplar Bluff. Records show The van was traveling east on Missouri 100. A pick up, driven by 35 year old Todd J. Pollock of Washington, was stopped at the intersection of Route T and Highway 100. Pollock pulled into the path of Minton's van. The van crashed into the side of the pick up knocking it over onto its driver's side. The van then ran off the highway and crashed into a pole. Branham and Wavely, plus two additional occupants of the van, 46 year old Keith W. Bass, of Desoto, and 35 year old Matthew S. Nichols of Herculaneum, were all moderately injured. Branham, Nichols, Pollock, and Wavely were taken to Mercy Hospital St. Louis. Bass and Pollock's passenger, 36 year old Anne M. Pollock, who is also from Washington, were transported to Mercy Hospital Washington. Both received moderate injuries. All of those involved in the accident were wearing their seat belt when the wreck took place.