COLUMBIA, MO. -- Update: Wednesday May 18th at 3:23 p.m.:
A 5-year-old girl and her mother survived an accident that flipped their car on its side Wednesday afternoon.
The accident happened about 1 p.m. near the intersection of Vandiver Drive and Rangeline Street in front of a Columbia Dollar General Store.
Tami Hoekman was driving her car with her daughter Kaitlin, 5, who was sitting in the back seat.
The mother and daughter from Callaway County had just finished eating lunch at a nearby Italian restaurant.
Hoekman said a man driving a truck came out of nowhere, drove into them and knocked their car on its side.
Hoekman said, “I’ve been in some wrecks before, but I’ve never had one with my child involved. That’s affecting me the most, right now.”
Hoekman said her daughter was walking with a limp after the crash.
Authorities are trying to determine the cause of the accident.
Original Story:
A major car accident is slowing traffic on Vandiver Drive in Columbia.
According to police, a woman rolled her vehicle near the Dollar General entrance in North Columbia.
KRCG is at the scene and will have more on this story as it develops.
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