Apr 19, 2023

Woman injured after Missouri construction zone crash

Posted Apr 19, 2023 1:30 AM

ATCHISON COUNTY, Mo.—One person was injured in an accident just before 2p.m. Tuesday in Atchison County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Honda Civic driven by Paula A. Allison, 70, Quincy, Iowa, was southbound on Interstate 29 thirteen miles north of Rockport.

The car struck the towed unit of a 1999 Kenworth semi driven by Evan T. Vessell, 42, Bernie, Missouri, as the vehicles entered a construction zone.

EMS transported Allison to the hospital in Hamburg, Iowa. Vessell was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the MSHP.