Accident

Family hurt in crash northeast of Lathrop

The Highway Patrol reports a family from Zion, Illinois was transported by ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center after an accident in Clinton County Monday night. Forty-seven-year-old Tracy Pennell drove on northbound Interstate 35 when the family’s car lost a wheel about two miles northeast of Lathrop. Tracy Pennell lost control of the vehicle […]

Horse Drawn Vehicle Crash

Car strikes buggy injuring 6 kids near Hamilton

The Highway Patrol reports six children from Kidder sustained injuries when a car hit their horse-drawn buggy five miles north of Hamilton Thursday morning. The buggy, driven by 10-year-old Abraham Bontrager, and the car, driven by 53-year-old Glen Seger of Hamilton, traveled east on Route D near 190th Street when the car struck the rear […]

Traffic Accident

Three from Green Castle hurt in crash near Green City

The Highway Patrol reports three Green Castle residents sustained minor injuries when one pickup truck hit another in Green City Tuesday morning. Forty-nine-year-old Glendetta Sizemore and 48-year-old Kelli Straley traveled west on Missouri 6 when Sizemore stopped to make a left turn. Straley’s truck struck Sizemore’s in the rear, causing extensive damage to Straley’s truck […]

18-Wheel truck big rig

Brookfield man involved in big rig crash on I-70

A traffic accident involving two-tractor trailer units and a car in eastern Jackson County injured two eastern Missouri residents. The driver of the car, 18-year-old Elizabeth Greiner of O’Fallon, and a passenger in the car, 19-year-old Sophia Otten of Florrisant, were taken to Centerpoint Hospital in Independence with minor injuries. The two truck drivers, 57-year-old Roger […]

Accident

Brookfield man escapes injury after 3-car crash

The Highway Patrol reports a Brookfield man did not receive any injuries as the result of a three-vehicle accident in Jackson County early Friday afternoon. Traffic was slowed in front of the vehicles on eastbound Interstate 70 near mile marker 27 when the Freightliner driven by 57-year-old Roger Neal struck the back of a car […]

Traffic accident

Princeton woman hurt in two-car crash south of Spickard

The Highway Patrol reports a Princeton woman sustained moderate injuries as the result of a two-vehicle accident south of Spickard early Friday afternoon. Eighty-two-year-old Carol Branam traveled north on U. S. 65 when she allegedly crossed the center line and struck the driver’s side rear of a southbound straight truck driven by 49-year-old William Tefteller […]

Rollover Accident

Princeton teen demolishes pickup in Thursday crash

The Highway Patrol reports a Princeton teen, 17-year-old Calvin Berwanger, was injured Thursday night when the pickup he was driving traveled off Highway 136 and overturned at Mount Moriah. The highway patrol last night described his injuries as serious and Berwanger was taken by ambulance to the Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton. The accident report noted […]

Traffic accident

Gilman City woman injured in Highway 146 crash

A Gilman City resident, 33-year-old Denise Wilgus, received what the highway patrol called minor injuries in a single vehicle accident Monday. She was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. At mid-afternoon, Ms. Wilgus was driving southbound on Highway 146 when according to investigators, the car failed to make a curve, went off […]