Harrisonville man dies in crash on I-49

CASS COUNTY, Mo. — A man died in a single-vehicle crash on Sunday morning, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

MSHP said 66-year-old William F. Smith of Harrisonville, Missouri, died after driving off the right side of the road and striking a bridge support pillar on northbound Interstate 49 at E. 327th Street, just north of Archie.

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The crash happened at about 8 a.m. A first responder from the Central Cass County Fire Protection District pronounced him dead at the scene.

A crash report doesn’t mention whether weather was a contributing factor following recent snows and bitter cold temperatures.

He was the only person in his truck and wasn’t wearing a seat belt, according to the report.

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