INDEPENDENCE, MO – One person was killed and two others injured in a car accident Monday in Clay County, KSHB reports.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the crash scene on U.S. 69 southbound in the area of Rhodus Road at about 6 p.m.
Investigators said the driver of a 2017 Jeep failed to yield to a 1997 Chevrolet and struck the right side of the Chevrolet, causing both vehicles to go off the roadway.
The Jeep driver, 39-year-old Joseph L. Knife of Independence, suffered fatal injuries. Two people who were in the Chevrolet sustained minor injuries.
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