4 Dead in Missouri After Car Crosses Center Line, Strikes Motorcyclists

4 Dead in Missouri After Car Crosses Center Line, Strikes Motorcyclists
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The Associated Press
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AURORA, Mo.—Four people died and seven others were seriously injured when a car crossed the center line of a Missouri highway and struck five motorcycles.

The accident happened Saturday afternoon on Missouri Route 39 near the southwestern Missouri town of Aurora. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a Toyota Corolla crossed the center line of the two-lane highway and struck the motorcycles, ejecting the drivers and passengers on each motorcycle. One of the motorcycles caught fire.