BUCHANAN COUNTY —Two people were injured including the driver who was arrested after an accident just before 1:30a.m. Saturday in Buchanan County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2018 Ram 2500 driven by Kurtis E. Nelson, 22, Stewartsville, was southbound on SE 140 Road just north of Buehler Road four miles north of Gower.
The driver lost control of the pickup. It traveled off the east side of the road and struck a tree.
Tri-County EMS transported a passenger Cayden J. Pendleton, 21, Agency, to Mosaic Life Care.
Just before 2a.m., Nelson was arrested on a requested charges of felony DWI and failure to drive on the right half of the roadway involving an accident, according to online records from the MSHP. Buchanan County EMS transported him to Mosaic.
Nelson and his passenger were also not wearing seat belts, according to the MSHP.
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By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
Two northwest Missouri men suffered serious injuries in a wreck north of Gower.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 22-year-old Kurtis Nelson of Stewartsville and 21-year-old Cayden Pendleton of Agency are both hospitalized after the crash very early Saturday morning on Southeast 140th Road about four miles north of Gower.
The patrol report states Nelson was driving south on Southeast 140th when he lost control of the pick-up, went off the east side of the roadway, and hit a tree.
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