SALINE COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 2p.m. Friday in Saline County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2012 GMC Acadia driven by Katherine E. Peroni-Searles, 30, Concordia, Missouri, was northbound on U.S. 65 just north of Keokuk Avenue.
The driver failed to negotiate a curve. The SUV traveled off the right side of the road, through the separator, struck an embankment, went airborne and impacted the ground multiple times. Peroni-Searles was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene.
Life Flight Eagle transported a 7-year-old boy in the SUV to Children's Mercy in Kansas City. The driver was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.