ATCHISON COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 4p.m. Sunday in Atchison County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Chevy pickup driven by Tomas E. McCrery, 25, Easton, was southbound on Interstate 29 two miles south of Rockport. The pickup rear-ended a 2014 passenger vehicle driven by Douglas F. Collins, 39, St. Joseph.
The collision pushed the vehicle off the road where it struck a mile marker post and the Collins was ejected.
Atchison-Holt ambulance transported Collins to Fairfax Hospital. Lifenet then transferred him to Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
McCrery was not injured. The MSHP did not have seat belt usage details.