MERCER CO. DOUBLE FATALITY



TWO PRINCETON TEENAGERS TRAGICALLY LOST THEIR LIVES IN A ONE VEHICLE ACCIDENT EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON . ACCORDING TO THE MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, 16 YEAR OLD PRINCETON RESIDENT EMILY CLARK WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON ROUTE C IN MERCER CO WHEN HER VEHICLE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND OVERTURNED. THE VEHICLE THAN CONTINUED THROUGH A FENCE EJECTING MS. CLARK AND 17 YEAR OLD PRINCETON RESIDENT KELSEY PURDUN FROM THE VEHICLE. EMILY CLARK AND KELSEY PURDUN WERE BOTH PRONOUNCED AT THE SCENE BY MERCER COUNTY CORONER. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT AROUND 1:10 PM.