A head-on collision Monday night claimed the life of a Smithville woman. The Platte County Sheriff’s Office says Ashley Miller, 25, was killed in the accident on Route 92 at Second Creek Road west of Smithville.
The county’s public information officer, Captain Erik Holland, said in a news release that 17-year-old Logan Pope of Gladstone had pulled out to pass another vehicle when his car hit Miller’s car in oncoming traffic.
Pope was injured in the crash and remains hospitalized.
An investigation continues. The photographs below were provided by the Platte County Sheriff’s Office.