CASS COUNTY, MO – State troopers said a wrong-way driver was involved in a fatal crash in Cass County on Friday night.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the wreck took place on Interstate 49 near Missouri Highway 291 at about 10:20 p.m.
The MSHP learned that the driver of a 2012 Toyota Prius was traveling south in the northbound lanes of I-49. The Prius was struck by a southbound 2018 Ford Explorer, causing the Prius to catch fire.
The driver of the Prius, a 22-year-old man from Seward, Nebraska, was pronounced dead at the scene. One of his passengers a 24-year-old man from Lincoln, Nebraska, was hospitalized with serious injuries. Two other passengers, both 21-year-old men also from Nebraska, sustained minor injuries.
The driver of the Explorer, a 20-year-old man from Lee’s Summit, Missouri, was seriously injured and taken to an area hospital.
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