JACKSON COUNTY, MO – A multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 70 in Jackson County early Sunday morning sent three people to the hospital, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The MSHP’s initial investigation found that the driver of a 2006 Toyota Tundra was heading eastbound on I-70 at about 3:10 a.m. when the vehicle travelled off the right side of the roadway, struck a guardrail and overturned at mile marker 18. It was then struck from behind by another eastbound vehicle, a 2022 Ford Edge. The Tundra spun around and was struck again by a 2006 Saturn.
The Saturn driver, a 65-year-old man from Blue Springs, Missouri, was seriously injured. A passenger in the Saturn, a 12-year-old boy from Kansas City, Missouri, and a passenger in the Edge, a 29-year-old man from Harrisonville, Missouri, sustained minor injuries. All three of the injured were transported to Centerpoint Medical Center.
The three were all wearing seat belts at the time of the wreck, state troopers said.
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