Three people hurt after pickup truck rear-ends tractor in Johnson County
JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)
Three people, including two teenagers, were hurt Monday night after a pickup truck hit a tractor in Johnson County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the crash in the 700 block of Highway Z around 9:45 p.m.
Troopers said the pickup truck driven by Albert D. Fike, 65, of Holden, rear-ended the tractor at a high rate of speed.
Emergency crews took the 15-year-old tractor driver by ambulance to Children's Mercy in Kansas City with moderate injuries. A 13-year-old boy was also taken by ambulance to the hospital with serious injuries.
Troopers said Fike was taken to Western Missouri Medical Center in Warrensburg with serious injuries.
Fike was wearing a seat belt, according to the crash report.