LEE’S SUMMIT, MO – The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a crash in Jackson County involving a suspected drunk driver left a teenager dead on Tuesday night.
A report by WDAF stated that the accident happened on U.S. Highway 50 near Milton Thompson Road near Lee’s Summit.
The MSHP said the drivers of a Chevy Cobalt and a Honda HR-V were headed south at about 9 p.m. when both failed to stop at a stop sign on Milton Thompson Road. The vehicles struck a median on Highway 50 and went airborne. The Chevy flipped and overturned, causing a passenger to be ejected. When the Honda landed, it struck that ejected passenger.
The person who was struck, who had not been wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. He was a 15-year-old boy from Holden, Missouri, troopers said.
The driver of the Chevy, 19-year-old Nathanel Jankura, suffered moderate injuries while the driver of the Honda, 18-year-old Preston McCarty, sustained minor injuries.
Two passengers in the Chevy, a 17-year-old boy and girl, and a passenger in the Honda, a 19-year-old woman, were hospitalized with moderate injuries. All of the injured victims were from Holden.
The MSHP said one of the drivers involved was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, careless and imprudent driving and a seatbelt violation.
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