Accident Near King City Injures Two Darlington Residents
April 5, 2023 6:01AM CDT
GENTRY COUNTY, MO – Two Darlington residents were taken to the hospital following an accident Tuesday afternoon in Gentry County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the accident occurred just after 3 pm on US 169 Highway, 4 miles north of King City as a vehicle operated by 85-year-old Donald Adkins was stopped in traffic. Nineteen-year-old Pedro Salvador of Kansas City, Kansas failed to yield to the stopped vehicle and struck the rear of Adkins’ car.
Both Adkins and his passenger, 71-year-old Kathleen Adkins received minor injuries in the crash.