22-year-old man seriously injured after crashing into home in Burlington Junction on Saturday
Cameron Montemayor
NODAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A 22-year-old Nebraska man was transported to the hospital with serious injuries after his vehicle left the highway and crashed into a home in Burlington Junction early Saturday morning.
The crash occurred around 2:30 a.m. Saturday after a 2018 Chevy Silverado traveling west on U.S. Highway 136 in Burlington Junction failed to negotiate a curve and left the roadway into a yard near Smith Street, striking a tree before traveling west and then crashing into a home.
The vehicle came to rest partially inside of the home facing west, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. No one inside the home was reportedly injured.
MSHP could not confirm if weather conditions played a factor in the crash.
The driver of the vehicle, a 22-year-old man from Gretna, Nebraska, was transported by Nodaway County EMS to Clarinda Medical Center in Iowa with serious injuries.
The Nodaway County Sheriff’s Department and the Burlington Junction Fire & Rescue provided assistance on the scene.