Monday accident claims the life of Trimble driver

An accident Monday morning claimed the life of a Trimble, Mo., resident just north of Gower.

Mark Smith, 70, Trimble, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident Monday, August 7, at the intersection of 169 Highway and State Route 31 five miles south of Easton, Mo., in Buchanan County.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the accident occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m. as Smith was northbound on 169 Highway in a 2009 Ford F-150. A second vehicle – a 2014 Ford Fusion driven by Caitlin McComas, 21, of Easton – was southbound on Route 31 and, according to the report, pulled into the path of the F-150 and struck it in the passenger side. The F-150 began to skid, overturned, and ejected Smith from the vehicle. According to the report, he was not wearing a safety device at the time of the accident. McComas, who was wearing a safety device, sustained minor injuries and was treated at the scene.

8:43 a.m.: Commercial alarm on Center Street in Lathrop.

10:16 a.m.: Controlled fire on Shanks in Holt.

4:39 p.m.: Suicidal subject on 169 Highway in Trimble.

8:44 p.m.: Domestic (not in progress) on Walnut Street in Plattsburg.

10:46 p.m.: Medical call on N. Main Street in Plattsburg.

Tuesday, August 1

1:10 a.m.: Alarm call on SW 169 Highway in Gower.

2:53 a.m.: Burglary in progress on Walnut Street in Plattsburg.

9:15 a.m.: Animal call on Oak Street in Plattsburg.

10:02 a.m.: Animal call on Cambridge in Plattsburg.

2:28 p.m.: Medical call on Old BB Highway in Holt.

3:25 p.m.: Animal call on SE Haynesville in Holt.

6:11 p.m.: Domestic in progress on SE 207th Street in Holt.

6:34 p.m.: Alarm on North Street in Lathrop.

8:03 p.m.: Suicidal subject on S. Main in Plattsburg.

8:10 p.m.: Medical call on S.

Main in Plattsburg.

Wednesday, August 2

4:07 a.m.: Medical call on SE Troxler in Holt.

5:44 a.m.: Medical call on Short Street in Lathrop.

8:38 a.m.: Medical call on B Highway in Edgerton.

9:38 p.m.: Fire (carbon investigation) on E. Birch Street in Trimble.

10:44 a.m.: Medical call on I-35 in Holt.

10:46 a.m.: Medical call on I-35 in Clinton County.

1:15 p.m.: Domestic in progress on NE Witt Road in Cameron.

2:12 p.m.: Medical call on Third Street in Trimble.

3:32 p.m.: Medical call on SE Kiowa Drive in Lathrop.

4:59 p.m.: Medical call on E. Clay Avenue in Plattsburg.

5:24 p.m.: Domestic (not in progress) on W. Bunker Hill in Plattsburg.

5:40 p.m.: Vehicle crash on 33 Highway in Holt.

7:36 p.m.: Medical call on Belt Avenue in Edgerton.

11:06 p.m.: Medical call on N. Main in Plattsburg.

Thursday, August 3 a.m.: Medical call on E. Concord in Plattsburg. 9:06 a.m.: Animal call on NW Willow Creek in Clinton

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