A 72-year-old woman from Sugar Creek suffered serious injuries at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, in a Johnson County accident.
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, she was driving a 2003 Ford F-150 west on U.S. Highway 50 near NW 121st Road she swerved into a 2003 Ford F-150 Box truck driven by an unknown male west. Her vehicle traveled off the roadway, became airborne, struck an embankment and ejected the driver. The box truck driver then fled in an unknown direction.
The 72-year-old woman was not wearing a seat belt, and was transported to Research Hospital in Kansas City by the Johnson County Ambulance District.
Compile by Chris Howell.
