Jul 05, 2021

2 adults, 2 juveniles hospitalized after head-on crash

Posted Jul 05, 2021 1:00 AM

BUCHANAN COUNTY—Four people were injured in an accident just after noon Sunday in Buchanan County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2021 Chevy Equinox driven by a 17-year-old boy from Gower was southbound on U.S. 169 four miles north of Gower. 

The vehicle crossed the center line and struck a northbound  2017 GMC Sierra driven by Curtis W. Falconer, 40, Smithville.

Lifeflight transported the teen driver to Children's Mercy. Buchanan County EMS transported an 11-year-old Gower boy in the Chevy, Falconer and a passenger in the GMC identified as Jeremy J. McAlister, 39, Milan, to Mosaic Life Care. All four were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the  MSHP.