Two Area Residents Involved in Clay County Accident

Two area residents and an Iowa resident were involved in a Clay County crash Monday.

According to Troop A of the Missouri State Highway Patrol the accident occurred just before 7 P.M. on Interstate-35 just over 120 feet South of Lightburne Road when 47-year-old Plattsburg man Thomas G. Bailey’s vehicle overtook and struck the vehicle of Holt resident 46-year-old Candi J. Else. Then Bailey’s vehicle pulled in front of Iowa resident James Wickwire’s semi-truck which struck the front passenger side of Bailey’s vehicle causing him to overturn and come to rest off roadway.

Bailey was treated for minor injuries at Liberty Hospital. The other two drivers were driven from the scene.