Harrisonville man killed in Cass County crash

On Sunday January 14th around 8:00 a.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Cass County along with Cass County Sheriff's Deputies and Central Cass Fire Department responded to a one vehicle accident in the northbound lanes of I-49 near mile mark 150.8 north of Archie.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the northbound 2021 GMC Sierra driven by 66 year old William F. Smith of Harrisonville, Missouri traveled off the right side of the roadway and struck a bridge support pillar.

Mr. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene of this accident and he was transported to Frontier Medical. The truck was totaled and towed from the scene of this crash by J's Southland Tow. 

This is Troop A of the Missouri State Highway Patrol's 1st Fatality accident of the year 2024. Next of Kin notified 

View crash report below:

https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=240020921