ATCHISON COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 10p.m. Friday in Atchison County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported 2017 Ford F150 driven by a 69-year-old Hamburg; Iowa man placed the pickup in reverse and experienced a medical emergency. The driver began to accelerate while in reverse. The front driver's side of the vehicle struck the rear driver's side of a northbound 2004 Ford F150 driven by a 35-year-old Stanberry man. The 2017 Ford continued in reverse and struck a pedestrian, identified as a 62-year-old Maitland woman, and eventually came to rest in the yard of a home.
Atchison-Holt ambulance transported the pedestrian to Mosaic in Maryville and the 69-year-old driver to Fairfax hospital.
The MSHP had incomplete seat belt usage information. The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims.