BUCHANAN COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 12:30a.m. Saturday in Buchanan County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Saturn Ion driven by a 16-year-old girl from St. Joseph was southbound on the exit ramp from U.S. 169 Interstate to Interstate 29.
The driver lost control of the vehicle on the snow covered road and rear-ended the towed unit of a 2019 Freightliner semi driven by Paul R. Curtis, 61, LaVista, Nebraska.
Buchanan County EMS transported the teen to Mosaic Life Care. Curtis was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the. MSHP.