NODAWAY COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just before 12:30p.m. Thursday in Nodaway County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Ford Fusion driven by a 72-year-old Maryville man was northbound on Icon Road at 238th Street two miles north of Maryville. The driver fell asleep and the car crossed the center of the road and struck a southbound 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by a 46-year-old Creston, Iowa, woman head-on.
Nodaway County EMS transported both drivers to Mosaic in Maryville. Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the crash, according to the MSHP. The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims.