Feb 07, 2024

Driver hospitalized after pickup strikes embankment

Posted Feb 07, 2024 11:00 AM

ATCHISON COUNTY, Mo. —One person was injured in an accident just before 9p.m. Tuesday in Atchison County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Ford F150 driven by Amanda L. Wallenkamp, 45, Montrose, South Dakota, was southbound on Interstate 29 two miles north of Watson.

The driver experienced a medical issue. The pickup crossed the center median, crossed both northbound lanes, traveled off the east side of the road and struck an embankment,

Atchison-Holt ambulance transported Wallenkamp to Fairfax Community Hospital. She was properly restrained, according to the MSHP.