One dead, one seriously injured in Caldwell County crash involving Combine
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CALDWELL COUNTY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A 58-year-old man is dead after striking a truck and a Combine in Caldwell County, just four miles east of Cameron, Missouri.
The crash occurred as a 2011 Ford F-150, a 2005 Dodge Ram 3500 and a 2009 Case IH Combine were traveling west on U.S. Highway 36 just after 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18.
The Ford contained the 58-year-old male driver and an eight-year-old male passenger, both from Smithville, Missouri.
The Dodge contained a 50-year-old male driver and the Combine contained a 53-year-old male driver.
The Ford failed to change lanes, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, and it struck the Dodge Ram. The Dodge traveled off the north side of Highway 36.
The Ford continued west in the driving lane and struck the Combine on the driver’s side rear wheel and then overturned, slid on its side and overturned again onto its wheels, ejecting the driver.
The Ford came to rest facing north on its wheels. The Dodge and the Combine came to rest facing west on their wheels on the north shoulder of Highway 36.
The 58-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene around 2:12 p.m. His body was taken by the Caldwell County Coroner to Bram Funeral Home in Hamilton, Missouri.
The eight-year-old was transported by Caldwell County Ambulance to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.
Neither the 58-year-old nor the eight-year-old was wearing a seatbelt.