HOLT COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just before 8:30a.m. Sunday in Holt County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Chevy Cobalt driven by Karen L. Pender, 48, Omaha, was southbound on Interstate 29 five miles south of Mound City.
The vehicle attempted to pass a semi and rear-ended a 2010 International MODOT truck that was plowing snow in the passing lane.
Atchison-Holt ambulance transported Pender to Fairfax Community Hospital. The MODOT driver Brenten W. Hughes, 32, Forest City, was not injured. Both were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the MSHP.