Posted November 02, 2023 06:19am
(KNZA)--A Wednesday morning two-vehicle Buchanan County, Missouri wreck claimed the life of a St. Joseph man.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says killed in the wreck at the intersection of Missouri Highway 6 and 85th Road, four miles east of St. Joseph, was 70-year-old Ferol Engeman.
The Patrol reports Engeman was driving a Honda Accord northbound on 85th Road when he failed to yield the right-of-way to a westbound Jeep Wrangler on Highway 6, which struck the Accord.
Engeman, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Jeep Wrangler, 48-year-old Jessica Gummelt, of Stewartville, was transported to Mosaic Life Care, in St. Joseph, for the treatment of suspected minor injuries.
The wreck was reported shortly after 7:30 Wednesday morning.