UPDATE: Accident 52 Highway East

Around 12pm today the Missouri State Highway Patrol along with Butler Fire Department and Bates County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a 2 vehicle accident on 52 East Highway just East of I-49 South of Butler. 

The accident occurred when the 2008 Honda driven by James L. Miller 59 years old of Gardner,Kansas was traveling East bound on Missouri 52 Highway. The vehicle traveled across the yellow line striking a 1998 Buick driven by 55 year old Ruth A. Austin of Butler Missouri in the drivers side door. A passenger in the vehicle .A passenger in the vehicle Laurence E. Austin 25 of Butler, Missouri had minor injuries to his right hand and refused treatment at the scene.Both vehicles received extensive damage and was both towed from the scene by Don's Tow of Butler.