Eugene man seriously injured in two-vehicle crash in Miller County

A Eugene man is seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in Miller County.

The Missouri State Highway the crash occurred at the intersection of Highways 17 and 52, just south of Tuscumbia, Wednesday afternoon.  Troopers say a driver was trying to turn left into a gas station and traveled into the path of Brian Kliethermes, 55, and the two collided. 

Kliethermes was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City with serious injuries.  The other driver, Richard Abbott, 62, of Ulman, wasn’t injured.