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A Bedford, Iowa, man suffered moderate injuries Thursday morning in a two-car collision involving a pickup truck and a Nodaway County Sheriff's Office patrol car at the intersection of highways 136 and 71 on the east side of Maryville.
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Harvey J. Andresen, 41, Bedford, was southbound on Highway 71 about 6:30 a.m. when he collided with the patrol car, which was driven by Deputy Michael E. Galbraith, 46.
According to patrol Cpl. Scott Pritzel, who worked the accident, Galbraith was westbound on 136 with his lights and siren activated.
Pritzel's report stated Galbraith had slowed his 2005 Ford Crown Victoria to a near-stop for a red light and was proceeding through the intersection when he was struck in the front, passenger-side quarter panel by Andresen's 1999 Dodge pickup.
Galbraith, who was wearing a seat belt and whose airbag deployed, was not injured. Andresen, who was also wearing a seat belt, was taken by Nodaway County ambulance to St. Francis Hospital & Health Services in Maryville.
Both vehicles were extensively damaged and had to be towed.
Sheriff Darren White said that at the time of the wreck the deputy was on the way to a second accident north of Maryville near the city's solid waste transfer station. White said the accident to which Galbraith was responding involved a single vehicle that reportedly flipped onto its side after its driver presumably lost control of the wheel and left the roadway.
The sheriff speculated the accident happened Wednesday night or early Thursday, and said the driver had apparently abandoned the vehicle at the scene.
A Bedford, Iowa, man suffered moderate injuries Thursday morning in a two-car collision involving a pickup truck and a Nodaway County Sheriff's Office patrol car at the intersection of highways 136 and 71 on the east side of Maryville.
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Harvey J. Andresen, 41, Bedford, was southbound on Highway 71 about 6:30 a.m. when he collided with the patrol car, which was driven by Deputy Michael E. Galbraith, 46.
According to patrol Cpl. Scott Pritzel, who worked the accident, Galbraith was westbound on 136 with his lights and siren activated.
Pritzel's report stated Galbraith had slowed his 2005 Ford Crown Victoria to a near-stop for a red light and was proceeding through the intersection when he was struck in the front, passenger-side quarter panel by Andresen's 1999 Dodge pickup.
Galbraith, who was wearing a seat belt and whose airbag deployed, was not injured. Andresen, who was also wearing a seat belt, was taken by Nodaway County ambulance to St. Francis Hospital & Health Services in Maryville.
Both vehicles were extensively damaged and had to be towed.
Sheriff Darren White said that at the time of the wreck the deputy was on the way to a second accident north of Maryville near the city's solid waste transfer station. White said the accident to which Galbraith was responding involved a single vehicle that reportedly flipped onto its side after its driver presumably lost control of the wheel and left the roadway.
The sheriff speculated the accident happened Wednesday night or early Thursday, and said the driver had apparently abandoned the vehicle at the scene.
