Feb 22, 2026

2 Mo. men hospitalized after SUV overturns

Posted Feb 22, 2026 11:00 AM

BUCHANAN COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 11a.m. Saturday in Buchanan County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Subaru Forester driven by a 28-year-old Smithville man was eastbound on Route H three miles west of Gower. The SUV traveled off the south side of the road and overturned.

Tri-County Ambulance transported the driver and a 27-year-old passenger to Mosaic. The passenger was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP. The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims.