Why do people in Southwest Missouri still hilltop?
Hilltopping is when a driver accelerates over the top of a steep hill to simulate a brief feeling of weightlessness on the downhill side.
It seems like a couple times every year there is a major car crash accident involving teenagers or young people hill topping. Just last year there was a quadruple fatality east of Springfield. I had a friend in college who lost her brother to a hilltopping accident. That split second feeling of exhilaration can lead to a lifetime of heartache.
Two women were in a hospital on Wednesday after the speeding motor vehicle in which they were riding crashed on Greene County Farm Road 94 known locally as Bluegrass Road. People who live near the crash site say it's not the first time a hilltopping accident has happened there. The two women were not wearing seat belts and were ejected.
The wreck was just east of U.S. 65 about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. Troopers say the driver was going more than 100 miles per hour.
Watch video interview with the Missouri Highway Patrol.
