PLATTE COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just before 8p.m. Monday in Platte County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Buick LeSabre driven by an 80-year-old St. Joseph man was northbound on Interstate 29 just north of Fair Township.
The car traveled off the left side of the road, returned to the road and traveled southbound in the northbound lanes. A 2019 Peterbilt semi driven by a 44-year-old Topeka, Kansas man struck the car head-on.
EMS transported the Buick driver and a 72-year-old female passenger in the car to Mosaic Life Care. The semi driver was not injured. All three were properly restrained, according to the MSHP.
The Patrol no longer releases the identity of accident victims.