Posted May 26, 2020 03:47pm
(KLZA)-- A Tarkio man was hospitalized following a one-vehicle wreck Monday evening around 5:40.
A Missouri Highway Patrol report indicates 34-year-old Jason Ritnour was eastbound on U.S. 71 Highway in Nodaway County, Missouri, approximately a mile south of Braddyville, Iowa. Ritnour failed to stop at a STOP sign, crossed over the US 71 Highway, struck a road sign, becoming airborne and coming to rest in a field.
Ritnour, who was not wearing a safety device at the time of the wreck was transported by the Nodaway County EMS to a hospital in Clarinda, Iowa with what described as moderate injuries.
The Nodaway County Sheriff's Department, Clearmont Fire and Rescue and Burlington Junction Fire Department all responded to the scene of the wreck.