JOHNSON COUNTY—One person died in an accident just after 6.a.m. Sunday in Johnson County, Missouri.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Saturn SL1 driven by a 21-year-old Villa Rica, Georgia man was southbound at U.S. 50 and NW 1501 Road. The driver failed to stop at a stop sign. The vehicle traveled into the path of a westbound 2025 Ford Escape driven by a 44-year-old Knob Noster woman.
The Saturn driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The Ford driver refused treatment at the scene. Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the MSHP. The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims.