The Missouri State Highway Patrol announces the preliminary statistics related to the Christmas holiday weekend. Five people died in traffic crashes during the 78-hour counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Thursday, December 24, 2020, and ended at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, December 27, 2020. 2020 Christmas Holiday Traffic Statistics with troopers investigating the following: Traffic […]
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Crash on Monday afternoon injures Green City man and Milan woman
Drivers of two pickup trucks received minor injuries in an early Monday afternoon (12:55 pm) accident in Green City. Both 66-year-old Dennis Foster of Green City and 77-year-old Susan Pace of Milan were taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Foster was northbound when he allegedly failed to yield at the Highway 6 intersection […]
Hamilton woman injured in crash on I-29; accused of DWI
A woman from Hamilton was injured Wednesday morning in Platte County when the vehicle she was driving north, improperly merged onto Interstate 29 and was struck by another northbound vehicle. Fifty-seven-year-old Candy Simpson of Hamilton received minor injuries and was taken by EMS to the North Kansas City Hospital. The driver of a car, 31-year-old […]
Springfield man injured in Livingston County crash near Tina
A Springfield man was injured late Tuesday night in a single-vehicle accident in southern Livingston County five miles north of Tina. Thirty-five-year-old Kenneth Grace was northbound when the car failed to negotiate a curve on Highway 65 and traveled off the road where the front struck a traffic post. The car continued north off the […]
Big rig collides with farm tractor on Highway 36
Two drivers were taken to a hospital Sunday evening following an accident on Highway 36, ten miles to the west of Chillicothe. The Highway Patrol listed injuries as minor for 21-year-old Brady Bothwell of Mooresville and moderate for 65-year-old Stewart Seidel from Port Washington, Wisconsin. Both were taken by Chillicothe EMS to Hedrick Medical Center. […]
Woman from Holt injured in crash on Route CC
A woman from Holt was injured in a Friday afternoon crash on Route CC near Mick Road, Fifty-two-year-old Lisa Nickerson was transported to North Kansas City Hospital by Holt EMS with minor injuries. The patrol reports the crash happened at 3:00 pm Friday afternoon as Nickerson was eastbound on Route CC when her 2013 Honda […]
Carrollton teenager injured in Saturday morning crash on Highway 65
A Carrollton teenager was injured in a single-vehicle crash early on Saturday morning on Highway 65. The highway patrol reports 19-year-old Cordell Cooper was transported by private vehicle to Carroll County Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. The crash happened at 22833 south Highway 65 when Cooper’s southbound 2013 Ford traveled off the roadway, struck a […]
Indiana man hospitalized after crashing west of Princeton
A man from Indiana was taken to a hospital following a single-vehicle, rollover, accident late Wednesday night eight miles west of Princeton. The highway patrol listed injuries as moderate for 44-year-old John Stewart of Madison, Indiana who was taken by EMS to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. Stewart was westbound when the sports utility […]
Cameron man receives minor injuries in Sunday crash
A Cameron man was injured early Sunday morning when his pickup traveled off the south side of Highway 36, went down an embankment, and struck a tree two miles to the east of Hamilton. Fifty-four-year-old Lloyd Walker received minor injuries and was taken by emergency medical services to Cameron Regional Medical Center. He was wearing […]
Crash near Lancaster on Highway 202 injures two
The Highway Patrol reports two women sustained moderate injuries when a sports utility vehicle pulled into the path of a car one-quarter of a mile west of Lancaster Friday evening, December 11th. The driver of the car, 32-year-old Whittney Sires of Bloomfield, Iowa, and SUV driver 74-year-old Kay Schmitzer of Glenwood were transported by ambulance […]
Crash on old Highway 63 injures La Plata man on John Deere tractor
The Highway Patrol reports a La Plata man sustained minor injuries when the John Deere tractor he drove failed to yield to a car two miles south of La Plata the morning of December 10th. A private vehicle transported 24-year-old Perry Gingerich to the Samaritan Hospital of Macon. No injuries were reported for the driver […]
Driver of pickup that left the scene of an accident reports to Trenton Police Department to “Give his side of the story”
The driver of a pickup involved in a crash on December 1st at Ninth and Harris in Trenton has been identified after leaving the scene of the crash. Trenton Police Chief Rex Ross reports Anthony William Hughes of Trenton came to the police station to report he was the driver of the pickup previously said […]
Princeton woman life-flighted to Des Moines hospital after crashing on Highway 65
A Princeton woman was flown to a hospital in Des Moines following an accident Tuesday evening four miles north of Princeton. The highway patrol listed injuries as moderate for 31-year-old Amanda Plowman-Martin and a medical helicopter flew her to Iowa Methodist Medical Center. Plowman-Martin was southbound on Highway 65 when her car struck the rear […]
Two-car crash in Adair County injures Ottumwa teenager
One person from Iowa was taken to the hospital in Milan following a two-vehicle accident late Sunday night on Highway 6 in western Adair County. Nineteen-year-old Manuel Ruano of Ottumwa received minor injuries and was taken by private vehicle to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital. A trooper reported cars driven by Ruano and 27-year-old Yadira Hernandez-Jimenez, […]
Two area teenagers injured in crash near Ravanna
The Highway Patrol reports two area residents sustained moderate injuries when a car struck a fence five miles west of Ravanna Saturday at 1:05 in the morning. A private vehicle transported the driver, 18-year-old Luka Nichols of Princeton, to Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. An ambulance transported the passenger, 17-year-old Maci Lisle of Bethany, to […]
Missouri Highway Patrol reports traffic fatalities increase over Thanksgiving holiday weekend compared to 2019
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 10 people died in traffic crashes during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday counting period–from 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 25, 2020, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, November 29, 2020. During the Thanksgiving holiday counting period, troopers report the following traffic statistics for 2020: Crashes ─ 321 Injuries ─ 72 Fatalities ─ 9 DWI ─ 100 Drug Arrests ─ […]
Men from Trenton and Princeton arrested over the weekend
Two people are to appear in court next week in Trenton following separate arrests this past weekend and the filing of charges. Thirty-three-year-old Dan Richard Peters Junior of Trenton is charged with two felony counts including domestic assault in the third degree and property damage in the first degree stemming from a November 27th incident. […]
Bethany woman injured in crash west of McFall
A Bethany woman was injured early Sunday evening in a single-vehicle accident three miles west of McFall. Fifty-one-year-old Stacey McClellan was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with minor injuries. The minivan was traveling on Route T when it went off the north side of the road, struck the ditch, and […]
Trucker from Minnesota injured in I-35 crash south of Bethany
A truck driver from Minneapolis, Minnesota was taken to the hospital in Bethany following an accident on southbound Interstate 35. Forty-one-year-old Ibrahim Vouch received minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital. Vouch’s Volvo Conventional truck was parked partially in the driving lane when the towed unit was struck by a […]
Cameron man dies on I-35 after hitting guard rail, then being stuck by passing tractor-trailer truck
A Cameron man was killed in a crash on Interstate 35, approximately two miles north of Holt in Clinton County. It was late Wednesday night when a northbound pickup crossed the median and struck a guard rail causing 31-year-old Creighton Russell to be ejected, then struck by an unknown southbound, tractor-trailer. Russell was pronounced dead […]