Serious injury in wreck at Rock Port
09/24/2021

(KLZA)-- A two-vehicle wreck at the US-136 exit from Interstate 29 in Rock Port sent a South Dakota woman to the hospital on Thursday afternoon.

The Missouri Highway Patrol reported that a car turning east onto US-136, failed to yield and ran into a pickup that was westbound on 136. The pickup, driven by 26-year-old Bryce Roecker of Fairfax came to a controlled stop off the roadway while the car driven by 71-year-old Rita Sutton of Kadloka, South Dakota came to rest in the intersection. 

Sutton was transported to the Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn with what were described as serious injuries.    Rocker was not injured.  Both vehicles were totaled. 

The Rock Port Police Department,  Rock Port Fire Department, Atchison County Sheriff's Department and the Atchison-Holt Ambulance Squad     all responded to the scene of the 4:45 p.m. wreck.  


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