One dead in Caldwell County crash
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HAMILTON, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — One man is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Caldwell County Friday afternoon.
Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the crash happened around 2:52 p.m. on Friday, June 20, on US Highway 36, just four miles west of the Hamilton City Reservoir.
A 15-year-old Hamilton, Missouri, juvenile was driving a 2018 Mazda CX5 east in the westbound lanes when the vehicle collided with a 2010 Ford Escape, driven by a 41-year-old Breckenridge, Missouri, man driving west in the westbound lanes.
The 15-year-old juvenile was life-flighted to Children’s Mercy KC, and the 41-year-old man was pronounced dead on the scene by the Caldwell County Coroner and was transported to the Jackson County Medical Examiner.