Excelsior Springs Child Seriously Injured in Clay County

A child from Excelsior Springs was seriously injured in an accident in Clay County.

The Missouri Highway Patrol reports three children ages two, three, and seven were injured when the driver, 38-year-old David W. Busick lost control of an SUV on the wet roads Thursday.

Busick had been driving north on I-35 when at 4:20 pm he lost control and traveled off the left side of the road where he struck a vehicle that was stopped in the median from a previous incident.

The seven-year-old male was taken to Children’s Mercy with serious injuries. The other children were taken to Liberty Hospital with minor injuries.