A one-vehicle crash left an area man with minor injuries May 11, 2023. The wreck occurred at 9:55 a.m. six miles east of Tarkio. A 1999 International 9400, driven by Byron A. Clark, 39, of Clearmont, Missouri, was heading westbound on U.S. Hwy. 136. The vehicle  started to turn north onto Route YY and began to skid and overturned onto the driver’s side. It slid off the west side of Route YY and came to rest on its driver’s side, partially blocking the westbound lane.

Clark, who was wearing a seat belt, suffered minor injuries and was transported by an Atchison-Holt ambulance to Community Hospital-Fairfax in Fairfax, Missouri. The International sustained extensive damage and was towed from the scene by Double M Towing.

The accident was investigated by Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper T. L. Shupe, who was assisted by Trooper R. A. Matthews, CVO K. L. Shewey, CVE J. W. Rhoades, the Atchison County Sheriff’s Office, and the Atchison-Holt Ambulance Service.