The SUV traveled into the path of a 2022 Freighliner trash truck driven by a 30-year-old Independence, Missouri woman in the eastbound lane. The impact pushed the Toyota into the path of a westbound 2017 GMC Sierra van driven by a 26-year-old Lawson man. The SUV driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Holt ambulance transported the 30-year-old trash truck driver and her 38-year-old male passenger to Liberty Hospital. The 26-year-old van driver was transported to Truman Medical Center.