HOLT COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just before 9p.m. Sunday in Holt County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2017 GMC Sierra driven by a 26-year-old Omaha man was northbound in the passing lane of Interstate 29 one mile south of Watson. The pick struck a deer, traveled off the west side of the road into the grass median.
Atchison-Holt ambulance transported the driver and a 23-year-old passenger to Fairfax Hospital. Both were properly restrained, according to the MSHP. The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims.