Sep 21, 2021

Driver hospitalized after pickup strikes a tree

Posted Sep 21, 2021 11:30 PM

BUCHANAN COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after noon Tuesday in Buchanan County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2017 GMC 1500 driven by William J. Reisa, 77, Greenwood, IN., was southbound on Interstate 29 just south of the downtown St. Joseph exit.

The driver lost control of the the pickup. It traveled off the west side of the road and struck a tree.

Buchanan County EMS transported Reisa to Mosaic Life Care.  He was properly restrained, according to the MSHP.