BUCHANAN COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 9a.m. Tuesday in Buchanan County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2021 Chevy Equinox driven by a 32-year-old Leavenworth woman was northbound on Interstate 29 near the U.S. 36 exit in St. Joseph. The SUV traveled off the west side of the road, struck an exit sign and returned to the road. The driver overcorrected and the vehicle traveled off the east side of the road and came to rest in a ditch.
Buchanan County EMS transported the driver to Mosaic Life Care. She was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.


