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I-29 crash kills one, injures three others

Ivan Foley by Ivan Foley
September 24, 2020
in Headlines, Platte County
Fatal crash on Interstate 29

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Four vehicles were involved in an apparent chain reaction crash on Interstate 29 in Platte County on Friday, Sept. 18 a wreck that killed one person and injured three others.

The crash occurred on I-29 at about mile marker 23, which is two miles south of the Camden Point exit and three miles north of Tracy.

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According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a southbound 2012 Ford F-150 driven by Cordel P. Johnson, 22 of Bolivar, struck three other southbound vehicles at 11:53 a.m.

The crash report indicates Johnson’s vehicle struck a 2012 Ford Fusion driven by Rachel M. Noll, 22, of Desoto, Kan.; a 2012 Chevrolet Impala driven by 27-year-old Shelby Peterman of St. Joseph; and a 2009 Lincoln MKZ driven by 72-year-old Lela A. Allen of Kansas City.

Peterman was killed in the crash. A one-year-old boy in Peterman’s car suffered only minor injuries.

A two year girl in Allen’s vehicle suffered only minor injuries. Allen suffered what are described as moderate injuries and was taken to Mosaic in St. Joseph.

For several hours after the crash, southbound I-29 traffic was diverted to Hwy. 371 and through Platte City, back onto the interstate.

Assisting the Missouri State Highway Patrol at the scene was the Platte County Sheriff’s Department.

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Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley is owner/editor/publisher of the Platte County Landmark. Foley has been on the news beat in Platte County with The Landmark for 39 years, specializing in local government issues and accountability journalism. He provides weekly observations and editorial commentary in his Between the Lines column and serves as host of Landmark Live, a light-hearted videocast featuring newsmakers in the Northland. He has penned multiple award-winning investigative pieces and during his time at the helm of The Landmark, the newspaper has been awarded for General Excellence in the Missouri Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. In 2016, Foley won the Tom and Pat Gish Award, a national honor given by the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Kentucky for displaying courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism. Foley resides in Platte County. He and his wife have three grown children and four grandchildren.

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