Dec 04, 2022

Driver, pedestrian hospitalized after Buchanan Co. crash

Posted Dec 04, 2022 1:00 PM

BUCHANAN COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just before 9p.m. Saturday in Buchanan County 

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass driven by Lisa D. Fast, 62, Rushville, was southbound on Interstate 29 in the city of St. Joseph.

The Oldsmobile rear-ended a 2012 Ford Fusion driven by Letun L. Johnson, 44, Kansas City, who was stopped in the southbound passing lane following an earlier crash.

Buchanan County EMS transported Fast to Mosaic Life Care. A private vehicle transported a 17-year-old Kansas City girl who was standing outside the Ford to Mosaic Life Care. Johnson was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the MSHP.