Dec 02, 2023

Woman hospitalized in St. Joe after rear-end crash

Posted Dec 02, 2023 11:00 AM

BUCHANAN COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 2p.m. Friday in Buchanan County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Ford Edge driven by Larry E. Whiley, 85, Griswold, Iowa, was westbound on U.S. 36 four and one half miles east of St. Joseph.

The SUV rear-ended a 2011 Ford F350 driven by John G. Burton, 57, Clarksdale, who had slowed to make a right turn onto Route Z.

Buchanan County EMS transported a passenger in the SUV Shirley A. Whiley, 85, Griswold, Iowa, to Mosaic in St. Joseph. The drivers were not injured. All three were properly restrained, according to the MSHP.