(KNZA)--A Friday afternoon two-vehicle wreck, about two miles north of St. Joseph, sent a Rushville, Missouri man to the hospital.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 34-year-old Howard Smith was southbound on U.S. 169 when his car struck the rear of a vehicle driven by 59-year-old Cynthia Knapp-Nelson, of St. Joseph, which was stopped in the roadway waiting to make a turn.

Smith was transported to Mosaic Life Care, in St. Joseph, with suspected moderate injuries.

Knapp-Nelson was not hurt.

The Patrol says both drivers were buckled up when the wreck occurred around 3:45 Friday afternoon.