1:08pm  A baby boy was killed this morning in a head-on collision with a snow plow east of St Joseph. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identifies the victim as Kiber Williams, 1, of Easton, Mo. According to a crash report, Kiber was not properly secured with a safety device.

The report says the mother Alicca Williams lost control of her Pontiac on Route C near Kemmer Road. The vehicle slid into the path of the MoDOT plow. The baby was transported to Heartland with serious injuries shortly after 8am today. He was later transferred to Children’s Mercy, where he was pronounced at 10:48am.

Everett Goddard, the driver of the snow plow, was treated for minor injuries.

11:45 a.m. UPDATE   Two people were injured when a car hit a snowplow on Monday morning on Route C near Highway 36.

According to the Missouri Highway Patrol Fifty-four year old Everett D. Goddard of St. Joseph was driving a 2002 International Truck and snowplow north on Route C, four miles east of St. Joseph just after 8 a.m.

Twenty-four year old Alicca M. Williams of Easton, Mo was driving a 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix south bound on Route C. She lost control of the car on the snow and ice.  The car traveled across the centerline and hit the snow-plow on the truck

The truck travelled off the east side of the road and came to rest upright off the road, facing north.  The Grand Prix travelled off the west side of Route-C and came to rest on it wheels, partly on the highway, facing southeast.

Goddard was transported to Heartland Regional Medical Center.

One-year-old Kiber L. Williams of Easton, a passenger in the Grand Prix was transported to Heartland Regional Medical Center and then transferred to Children’s Mercy in Kansas City with serious injuries.  The child was not in a safety seat. His mother was not injured.

 

8:25 a.m   First responders have been dispatched to report of an injury crash at US 36 and State Route C, approximately 3 miles east of St. Joseph.

The initial report is that of a head on collision. Few additional details are available. Stay tuned to Eagle Radio and check St. Joseph Post for more information as it becomes available.