Pedestrian injured in Livingston County crash

LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- A 26-year-old man was seriously injured after a single-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian in Chillicothe, Missouri, Saturday.

The crash occurred as the 90-year-old male driver from Chillicothe, of a 2010 Mercury Grand Marquis, turned west in the parking lot of a business located on Walnut Street in Chillicothe.

The 26-year-old male pedestrian, from Festus, Missouri, was exiting the business when the driver mistook the brake for the gas and accelerated, striking the 26-year-old pedestrian and driving through the business, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

The vehicle came to rest on its wheels in the building and the pedestrian came to rest southwest of the vehicle.

The pedestrian was transported to Hedrick Medical Center by the Livingston County EMS and then was life-flighted to Truman Medical Center.