Sedalia baby dies in crash in Platte County

PLATTE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A baby boy from Sedalia died from injuries suffered in a crash Wednesday on Interstate 29 in Platte County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

The child’s name was not mentioned in the report. 4 vehicles were involved in the accident. The report says a 2019 Peterbilt tractor trailer driven by Samani Mahjouri, 57, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was traveling in the southbound lane when it swerved and rear-ended a 2002 Toyota Corolla driven by Patsy Withrow, 78, of Savanah. Missouri.

According to the report, the crash caused Toyota’s 2022 Freightliner tractor trailer, driven by Sultan Singh, 31, of Manitoba, Canada, to veer off the right side of the road and hit a tree. The Peterbilt tractor trailer then struck the Freightliner and the rear of a 2022 Ford F350 driven by Joseph Waxmonski, 47, of Linwood Kansas.

The report stated that Withrow was seriously injured and was taken by ambulance to North Kansas City Hospital. It is not known whether he was wearing a seat belt. The baby was a passenger in Withrow’s vehicle and was placed in a car seat, the report stated. The report said the baby died at Mercy Children’s Hospital. The child was less than 1 year old.

Another passenger in Withrow’s vehicle – St. Louis, according to the report. Terri Swartz, 44, of St. Joseph – suffered minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to North Kansas City Hospital. Swarts was not wearing a seat belt.

Singh and Waxmonski each had minor injuries and they will seek their own treatment, the report states.