A Wathena man has been charged after an August accident sent a St. Joseph man to the hospital with serious injuries.

30-year-old Steven Whittaker was charged Tuesday in Buchanan County with a felony for second-degree assault for operating a vehicle while intoxicated resulting in injury.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Tyler Hoffman of St. Joseph was life-flighted to KU Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries after the Aug. 28 crash in Agency, Mo.

The Highway Patrol said Whittaker’s vehicle crossed the center-line along Route-FF and hit Hoffman’s vehicle head-on. Whittaker’s vehicle then rolled over. Whittaker was also taken by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care with moderate injuries.