KANSAS CITY —Three people were injured in an accident just before 10a.m. Monday just south of Kansas City in Cass County, Missouri.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol a 1994 Kenworth semi driven by 31-year0-old Chaz M. Cage of Garden City, Missouri, was southbound on MO 7 just south of Kircher Road.
The vehicle rear-ended a Department of Transportation TMA and truck driven by Madelynn R. Sonstegard, 23, Concordia, Missouri, during a striping operation.
EMS transported Sonstegard to Belton Regional Medical Center. A passenger on the MODOT vehicle Jacob W. Smith, 34, Amorett, Missouri and Cage were transported to Cass Regional Medical Center.
Because both were buckled, the employees will be okay. They took quick actions to evacuate after the crash and before a resulting fire engulfed the vehicles, according to a statement from MODOT.
The department of transportation reminded driver to "please watch for mobile operations on roadways for your safety and ours. And remember to always buckle up and put your phones down."