Personal Injury Law

Missouri Car Wreck Law Firm: Three Seriously Injured and One Killed in Clay County Missouri Accident

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

On April 18, 2008, three Missourians sustained serious personal injuries and one killed in a two car accident in Clay County, Missouri around 3:35 p.m.. According to the investigating officer, Cpl. E. Hurst, three seventeen year old teenagers, Andrew Asmus, Benjamin Gray and Cory Roush were traveling Southbound on Route JJ when the driver, Andrew Asmus, of Excelsior Springs, failed to stop to stop at the intersection of Missouri 210 and Route JJ. Asmus's vehicle crossed into the path of an eastbound vehicle, driven by Daniel Shute, 49, of Bramer, Missouri. Both vehicles traveled off the Southeast corner of the intersection. Asmus's vehicle came to rest in a field and Shute's vehicle in a nearby ditch.

Asmus and Roush were transported by Liberty Emergency Medical Services to the North Kansas City Hospital, where they were treated for very serious personal injuries. Benjamin, who was a passenger in Asmus's vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene and taken to the Jackson County Medical Examiner's office in Kansas City, Missouri. Shute was transported by Excelsior Springs Emergency Medical Services to Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Missouri and was treated for injuries.

At this time, investigators are trying to determine what caused Mr. Asmus' vehicle to run the stop sign. If and when authorities release this information, we will post it here.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on April 30, 2008 (boomark / email).