Jul 26, 2022

17-year-old injured after Belt Highway crash

Posted Jul 26, 2022 2:53 PM

BUCHANAN COUNTY—A Missouri teen was injured in an accident just before 10p.m. Monday in Buchanan County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Pontiac G6 driven by a 17-year-old Savannah girl was northbound on Belt Highway at County Line Road in St. Joseph.

The driver failed to yield at the stop light. The Pontiac struck an eastbound 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan driven by Stephen E. Thomas, 69, St. Joseph.

A private vehicle transported the teen to Mosaic Life Care. Thomas was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the MSHP.