May 14, 2021

Driver ejected after violent 2-vehicle Buchanan Co. crash

Posted May 14, 2021 6:00 PM

BUCHANAN COUNTY—Three people were injured in an accident just before 8:30a.m. Thursday in Buchanan County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Subaru Legacy driven by Kristy M. Sohm, 34,  Plattsburg, was eastbound on MO 116 at Route B five miles south of Gower. 

The vehicle struck a northbound 2013 Kia Sorento driven by Victoria D. Hanway, 24, Agency, that failed to yield. As a result of the crash, Hanway was ejected from the Kia. It traveled off the road and struck a house.

Tri-County EMS transported Hanway, Sohm and an 8-year-old girl in the Subaru to Mosaic in St. Joseph. Later, Lifenet transferred Hanway to KU Medical Center.  She was not wearing a seat belt, according the MSHP.