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Two injured in NW Missouri weekend wrecks

By John Nixon

06/30/2020

(KLZA)-- A pair of northwest Missouri wrecks resulted in injuries this past weekend.

Saturday afternoon shortly before 3, 27-year-old Garrett Rauch of Graham, Missouri was westbound on 150th Street about a half-mile south of Maitland when his pickup traveled off onto Missouri Highway 113 and did a sharp left turn off the east side of the highway coming to rest off the road.

Rauch told Missouri Highway Patrol officers he would seek his own medical attention for what were described as moderate injuries. The pickup was totaled.

The Maitland Fire Department also responded to the scene of the wreck.

Sunday afternoon shortly before 4:00 P.M. a St. Joseph man was seriously injured when his 2014 Harley Davidson motorcycle was struck from behind by another vehicle.

39-year-old Douglas Collins was southbound on Interstate 29, approximately two miles south of Rock Port when a pickup driven by 25-year-old Tomas McCrery of Easton, Missouri struck his motorcycle.

Collins motorcycle went off the side of the road, struck a mile marker post and ejected Collins.

Collins was transported by the Atchison Holt Ambulance to the Fairfax hospital then sent by Lifenet helicopter to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

McCrery was not injured. The motorcycle was totaled, the pickup sustained extensive damage.

The Atchision and Holt County Sheriff's Departments along with the Mound City Police Department and Rock Port Police Department all responded to the wreck.

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