Sun a factor in Hwy. 136 collision
TONY BROWN/DAILY FORUM
Bright sunlight is believed to have been a factor in a two-vehicle collision Thursday morning at the entrance to the Maryville Treatment Center near the east city limits.
Maryville Public Safety officers, along with personnel from several other first-responder agencies, were dispatched to a two-vehicle injury accident shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday on Highway 136 near the east city limits at the entrance to the Maryville Treatment Center.
According to officers at the scene, the collision occurred when an eastbound black Jeep Cherokee rear-ended an eastbound gray Ford Explorer as the Explorer attempted to make a left turn into the treatment center, a penal facility operated by the Missouri Department of Corrections.
The two drivers were the only occupants in either vehicle. Both were women. The driver of the Cherokee was taken to St. Francis Hospital by ambulance, and the driver of the Explorer left the scene in a private vehicle, reportedly to seek medical treatment.
Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Thomas Ziegler said bright sunlight was almost certainly a contributing factor in the accident.
Both vehicles sustained significant damage.
In addition to Maryville police and the patrol, personnel from the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Office also responded. The drivers’ names were not immediately available.
