Friday 29th March 2024

A woman and child from Whiteman Air Force Base were both injured in a rollover traffic crash involving heavy machinery in Johnson County on Wednesday.
According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred as a westbound vehicle, driven by 23-year-old Mackenzie Hill, reportedly overturned after striking the rear of a John Deere road grader, driven by 53-year-old Kenneth Edwards, of Chilhowee.
Hill suffered moderate injuries and a male child sustained minor injures, and both were transported to Western Missouri Medical Center in Warrensburg for treatment. Edwards reportedly was not injured.
The crash occurred just after 8 a.m. on U.S. Highway 50, just west of Knob Noster.