Jul 09, 2022

7-year-old Kansas girl hospitalized after SUV crash

Posted Jul 09, 2022 10:19 PM

DEKALB COUNTY—A Kansas girl was injured in an accident just after 12:30p.m. Saturday in DeKalb County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Ford Escape driven by Lori J. Nigus, 57, Hiawatha, was eastbound on U.S. 36 at Stewartsville. 
The SUV left the road, struck an embankment, a road sign, traveled across the crossover and into the median.

DeKalb County EMS transported a 7-year-old female passenger from Hiawatha to Mosaic Life Care.  The driver was not injured. Both were properly restrained, according to the MSHP.