St. Joseph woman seriously injured in Tuesday crash

Alex Simone, St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.
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Jul. 20—A St. Joseph woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after a rollover crash Tuesday afternoon on Business Loop 29 in Country Club, Missouri.

Kenneth B. Staggs, 42, of Agency, Missouri, was driving a Ford Taurus at 1:15 p.m. on Miller Road across the business loop and failed to stop for Johnathan W. Miller, 32, of St. Joseph, who hit the front passenger fender of the Ford, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

Both vehicles went off the road, with the Jeep flipping multiple times and landing on its roof, according to the crash report.

Ivy P. Briggs, 57, who was a passenger in the Jeep, was taken to Mosaic Life Care for serious injuries.

Staggs, who was not wearing a seat belt at the time, had minor injuries, according to the crash report.

Alex Simone can be reached at alex.simone@newspressnow.com. Follow him on Twitter at @NPNOWSimone.