JACKSON COUNTY, MO – The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a woman was killed in a car accident in Jackson County on Thursday night.
According to the MSHP’s accident log, the incident took place on Raytown Road near East 71st Terrace at about 9:45 p.m.
State troopers said 22-year-old Marianne Fortney of Raytown was driving a Honda Civic northbound when her vehicle crossed over the center line. The Civic crashed into a GMC Yukon that was headed south.
Fortney was pronounced dead after being transported to Research Medical Center. Troopers said she was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
The driver of the Yukon, 56-year-old Michael A. Smallwood of Kansas City, was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.
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