May 05, 2023

Kansas woman dies, 3 teens injured after head-on crash

Posted May 05, 2023 8:00 AM

CASS COUNTY, Mo. —One person died in an accident just after 8p.m. Thursday in Cass County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2002 GMC passenger vehicle driven by a 16-year-old Freeman, Missouri boy was eastbound on MO 2 at 271st Street.

The vehicle crossed the center line into the path of a westbound 2012 Ford passenger vehicle driven by Cynthia L. Wasser, 66, Ottawa, Kansas. The GMC struck the Ford head-on. After impact the Ford traveled into the ditch.

 Wasser was pronounced dead at the scene. Central Cass EMS transported the teen driver to Children's Mercy Hospital.  EMS transported a 16-year-old male passenger and a 17-year-old male passenger in the GMC to Research Medical Center. The occupants of the GMC were not wearing seat belts, according to the MSHP.