JOHNSON CO., Mo. (KCTV) – A driver was seriously injured during a head-on collision on a county road between Warrensburg and Whiteman Air Force Base on Halloween.

He Missouri State Highway Patrol indicates that shortly before 6:15 pm on Thursday, October 31, emergency crews were called to the area of ​​SE 601 and SE 581 Rd., west of Whiteman Air Force Base, with reports of a 2-car collision. vehicles.

When first responders arrived, they said they found Jeremy M. Duensing, 35, of Warrensburg, driving his 2010 Ford Fusion north on the highway. Meanwhile, Nicholas D. Smith, 46, of Warrensburg, was driving his 2021 Ford F-150 southbound.

Law enforcement officials noted that Duensing and Smith met on the road in a head-on collision.

Emergency crews said Duensing, who was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, was taken to Western Missouri Medical Center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Smith, who was wearing a seat belt, escaped the crash uninjured.

Investigators indicated that both vehicles were destroyed in the collision. No further information has been released.

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