Nov 16, 2024

Kansas man dies after vehicle rear-ends semi's trailer

Posted Nov 16, 2024 10:00 AM

LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Mo. — One person died in an accident just before 2:30p.m. Friday in Livingston County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Lexus driven by a 44-year-old from Overland Park, Kansas was westbound on U.S. 36 two miles west of Utica.

The Lexus rear-ended a 2000 Peterbilt semi driven by a 70-year-old Chillicothe, Missouri, man who was slowing to make a turn

The driver of the Lexus was pronounced dead at the scene. Chillicothe ambulance transported the semi driver to Cameron Regional Medical Center. Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the MSHP.  The patrol did not release the names of the drivers.