Traffic investigators in Northwest Missouri and northeastern Kansas had a busy weekend.
A Kansas City man is being treated for serious injuries he sustained when his motorcycle hit a deer. The accident happened along I-29 in Buchanan County shortly before 10pm Friday. Michael Simons was transported to Mosaic Life Care.
A woman from Ridgeway, Missouri was hospitalized Saturday morning after crashing her SUV into a tree in Harrison County. According to the crash report, 68-year-old Dianna Leonard was transported to Harrison County Community Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. Investigators say she failed to negotiate a curve along Route-Y west of Mt. Moriah at about 8:15am.
A Lawson, Missouri man suffered moderate injuries in a rollover crash Saturday morning east of Holt, Missouti. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 72-year-old James Sells lost control of his pickup truck along Route-PP at about 10:20am. The vehicle left the roadway, hit a mailboax and overturned. Mr Sells was transported to Liberty Hospital.
A Holton, Kansas man was killed late Saturday night in a single vehicle crash just east of Circleville in Jackson County, Kansas. Gary Michael Swindale was killed. Officials say Mr Swindale lost control of his vehicle along 254th Road. The vehicle rolled several times, ejecting Mr Swindale. The vehicle wound up in a farm field.
Two people were seriously hurt in a rollover crash north of Maryville on Ideal Road Sunday morning. The pair were not wearing safety belts when the vehicle they were riding in hit a driveway, then became airborne and overturned. One passenger was ejected and another was partially ejected. Johnathon Riley of Bedford, Iowa, and Lukas Riley of Polo, Missouri were transported to SSM Healthcare in Maryville with serious injuries. The driver, Daniel Baumli of Ravenwood, suffered minor injuries and refused treatement.
A crash Sunday afternoon in Harrison County injured four people including a one-year-old child. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Eugene Pilcher of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was driving along I-35 when a semi in front of him slowed down for another accident. Mr Pilcher’s Ford Focus hit the rear end of the tractor-trailer. He suffered moderate injuries. The crash report indicates minor injuries suffered by his two passengers, Beth Pilcher and the baby Calvin Pilcher, as well as the driver of the semi, Darin Huitt of Eagleville, Missouri. All four were transported to Harrison County Community Hospital.
A single-vehicle crash in Andrew County Sunday afternoon sent three people to the hospital. The Missouri State Highway patrol says the injuries were believed to be minor. The crash report says Eddie Young of Topeka, Kansas lost control of his van along I-29 five miles north of St Joseph just before two pm Sunday. The van left the roadway and hit a telephone pole, then re-entered the highway where it came to a stop on the shoulder. Mr Young, along with passengers Timothy Gwyn of Kansas City and Frederick Kent of Parkville, Missouri were transported to Mosaic Life Care.