Sep 16, 2023

Man hospitalized in St. Joe after Jeep, semi crash

Posted Sep 16, 2023 10:00 AM

ATCHISON COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just before 6:30p.m. Friday in Atchison County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Kenneth M. Sangren, 82, Egan, Minnesota, was southbound south the Ramp to Interstate 29 one half mile south of Rock Port.

The Jeep traveled into the path of a southbound 2024 Freightliner semi driven by Jeffrey L. Bowen, 49, Omaha.  The semi struck the drivers side of the Jeep.

Atchison-Holt ambulance transported Sangren to Mosaic in St. Joseph. Bowen was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the MSHP.