ST JOSEPH, MO – An accident injured two people Tuesday afternoon in St. Joseph, according to the St. Joseph Post.
Tyler M Odell was heading east on U.S. 36 in a Jeep Cherokee. Odell ran a light at the intersection with I-229 and collided with a Chevy Silverado operated by Joel C. Jorgensen, 32.
The force of the impact sent the jeep into a concrete barrier and then into a Kia Forte driven by Eli C. Gallagher, 36. The Kia was then pushed into a GMC Yukon driven by Dustin C. Robinson.
Odell and Jorgensen were both taken to a nearby hospital.
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