One person was killed Sunday when a trailer became unhitched from a truck and hit a vehicle near Warrensburg, Missouri.

The crash occurred on westbound U.S. 50 highway, east of Missouri Highway 13, the Missouri Highway Patrol said on social media shortly before 2 p.m.

A truck pulling a trailer was traveling east when the trailer became unhitched, the patrol said. It crossed the median and struck a Jeep that was traveling west head-on.

The Jeep’s driver, Walter Shannon, 63, died.

A passenger in the vehicle was transported to a hospital with serious injuries.

Westbound U.S. 50 was shut down at N.E. 501st Road and traffic was being diverted, the patrol said.

This story was originally published December 22, 2019 at 3:13 PM.

Katie Moore

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Katie Moore was an enterprise and accountability reporter for The Star. She covered justice issues, including policing, prison conditions and the death penalty. She is a University of Kansas graduate and began her career as a reporter in 2015 in her hometown of Topeka, Kansas.