Two persons pulled a 30-year-old Laclede man from a burning vehicle after a two-vehicle traffic crash in Carroll County on Monday, May 24.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred as a southbound vehicle, driven by 18-year-old Brandon Stoner, of Norborne, failed to stop at a stop sign and traveled into the path of an eastbound vehicle, driven by Nelson Fay. Both vehicles came to rest off the right side of the roadway, and Fay’s vehicle caught fire and completely burned.

Fay was transported by Carroll County EMS to Carroll County Memorial Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. Stoner was not injured.

The crash happened at 2:30 p.m. on U.S. Highway 24 at County Road 271.

Photo of burned-out vehicle provided by private citizen.