A Manhattan woman was seriously injured Friday afternoon in a 3-vehicle crash on Interstate 29 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
According to the Missouri State Patrol crash report, 29-year-old Marissa Lord was a passenger in a car that struck an SUV that had slowed as it was approaching a construction zone at around 3:30 p.m. The impact pushed the SUV into the rear of a third vehicle.
Authorities say Lord and a 68-year-old female passenger in the SUV from Atchison County, were transported to a nearby hospital. Lord was not wearing a seat belt according to the crash report and sustained serious injuries. The other passenger had minor injuries.
The drivers, including 26-year-old Michael Ordonez, of Manhattan, sustained no injuries.
