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Head-on crash at I-35 & 291 injures 8 year-old

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An eight year-old boy was seriously injured after a woman driving the wrong way on I-35 crashed into the vehicle he was riding in.

The Missouri Highway Patrol says about 12:10 Sunday morning Madison E. Mortallaro, 20, of Smithville  was driving a 2009 Hyundai southbound in the northbound lanes of I-35 at Mo-291.

She hit a 2007 Mitsubishi, driven by Joshua R. West, 20, of Kearney head-on.

Both adults were not injured, but Nathaniel R. West, 8,  suffered serious injuries in the crash.

The cause is under investigation.