One Dead, Four Injured in Head On Collision in Hollister

A vehicle traveling the wrong way on Highway 65 in Hollister collides with another vehicle resulting in one fatality and four injuries.

According to the report filed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred just before 4:00 Saturday afternoon when a SUV driven by a 69-year-old Branson woman was driving northbound in the southbound passing lane of Highway 65 when it collided with another SUV head-on.

The driver of the SUV was pronounced dead at the scene while the 34-year-old male driver and a 35-year-old female passenger in the other SUV, both from Hollister, sustained serious injuries. Two juveniles in the vehicle sustained minor injuries with all four taken to Mercy Hospital in Springfield by Taney County Ambulance.

Traffic was rerouted off of Highway 65 onto Business 65 and Highway 76 in Branson while the crash scene was being worked causing slow traffic in downtown Branson and Hollister for a time. 

This is the 82nd Fatality in Traffic Crashes worked by the Missouri State Highway Patrol in 2026.