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.