Jun 22, 2021

Man, teen hospitalized in St. Joe after rear-end crash

Posted Jun 22, 2021 12:00 AM

BUCHANAN COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just before 1p.m. Monday in Buchanan County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Dodge Longhorn driven by Jerry E. McClurg, 45, Collinsville, OK., was southbound on Interstate 29 in the St. Joseph City limits.

The pickup rear-ended a 2017 Ford Transit van driven by Larry P. Crider, 60, Oregon, Mo., who had slowed due to traffic.

Buchanan County EMS transported McClurg and a 13-year-old boy in the Dodge to Mosaic Life Care. Crider was not injured. All three were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the MSHP.