Oct 14, 2019

Man hospitalized after struck walking on I-29

Posted Oct 14, 2019 9:00 AM

BUCHANAN COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 6:30p.m. Sunday in Buchanan County.


The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Ford Freestar driven by  Diane M. Smith, 50, Glendale, AZ., was northbound on Interstate 29 in St. Joseph. The van failed to maintain the lane and struck a pedestrian identified as Raymond D. Nalley, 54, who was walking on the shoulder of the road.


Buchanan County EMS transported Nalley to Mosaic Life Care. Smith was not injured and properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the MSHP. The patrol did not report Nalley's hometown.