Two Tarkio teen girls were injured in a wreck on Hwy. 59, .5 miles north of Craig, Missouri, in Holt County December 7, 2025. The crash took place at 9:01 a.m. Sunday morning when a 2009 Pontiac G6, driven by a 16-year-old, was headed northbound and traveled off the east side of the roadway. The driver overcorrected and the vehicle went into a skid, traveling down an embankment before overturning. The car came to rest on its wheels in a field off the east side of the roadway facing east.

The driver, who was wearing a seat belt, suffered minor injuries and was transported to Community Hospital-Fairfax in Fairfax, Missouri, by an Atchison-Holt ambulance. A 16-year-old occupant, who was not wearing a seat belt, suffered moderate injuries and was also transported by an Atchison-Holt ambulance to Community Hospital-Fairfax. The Pontiac G6 was totaled and towed from the scene by Double M Towing. The accident was investigated by Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper E. M. Sigman, who was assisted by the Holt County Sheriff’s Office, Northwest Holt County Fire Department, and Atchison-Holt Ambulance Service.