PRESTON, Mo. (KY3) - A 5-year-old Preston, Mo., boy died in a Hickory County car crash on Friday afternoon.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol report , the crash happened around 4 p.m. on U.S. 65, north of U.S. Highway 54.

The patrol said the boy was inside a Toyota Prius when it was making a left turn off of U.S. 65. The Prius was then rear-ended by a Chevrolet pickup truck and pushed into the path of an oncoming car. The oncoming car, a GMC Savana, then hit the Prius.

The crash happened on U.S 65, north of highway 54 in Preston, MO. (KY3)

The boy was taken to Lake Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The driver of the Prius is a 29-year-old woman from Preston. The driver of the Chevrolet pickup is a 16-year-old girl from Cross Timbers, Mo. The driver of t

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