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Mo. woman hospitalized after Atchison Co. accident

ROCK PORT- A Missouri woman was injured in an accident just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday in Atchison County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2011 Chevy pickup driven by Janet L. Lininger, 75, Rock Port, was eastbound on U.S. 36 just east of U.S. 75 in Rock Port.

A 2006 Chevy pickup driven by Randy W. Wedel, 29, Rock Port, was westbound.

Wedel’s vehicle initiated a left turn into a parking lot and failed to yield and struck the pickup in the left front.

The collision caused Lininger’s vehicle to travel off the right side of the road and hit a road sign.

Lininger was transported to Fairfax Community Hospital.

The MSHP reported Wedel was not injured and not wearing a seat belt.

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