Photo: Emergency responders from Gainesville, Oakland/Promised Land, Pontiac/Price Place, Air Evac and Ozark County Ambulance are shown helping to free Joshua Randolph, one of two drivers who were seriously injured in a crash on Arkansas Highway 5 south near Pontiac Tuesday afternoon. First responders from Lick Creek and Timber Knob VFDs were also at the crash but are not pictured. Randolph was reportedly partially ejected from the window of his car, pictured on the right side in this photo. Responders had to use the Jaws of Life to lift the vehicle off of him, one firefighter says. Gregory McGee, the driver of the pickup, pictured on the left side in this photo, was transported to Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home with serious injuries. McGee was charged with driving while intoxicated and careless and imprudent driving in connection with the crash. Photo: Courtesy Jason Everrod via Ozark County Times.
Earlier report:
A two-vehicle crash in Ozark County Tuesday afternoon resulted in two men being injured and one arrest. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 31-year-old Joshua Randolph of Gainesville was flown to Cox Medical Center South in Springfield while 62-year-old Gregory McGee was taken to Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home. Both men had what were described as serious injuries.
The report says the accident happened when McGee’s vehicle crossed the centerline of State Highway 5, and the vehicles collided. Neither man was wearing a seat belt.
McGee was charged with felony driving while intoxicated and careless and imprudent driving involving an accident.
The crash occurred at 4:15 about 1 mile southeast of Pontiac.
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