KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Strasburg, Missouri, man has died in an overnight utility terrain vehicle crash Saturday in Cass County.
At around 2:25 a.m. Saturday, Derek W Scott, 26, was traveling southbound on South Shimel Road, north of East 187th Street, in a 2019 Polaris UTV, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
After the vehicle received a flat tire, it traveled off the road to the right side, and hit an embankment. Scott was ejected from the vehicle and struck a utility pole, MSHP logs say.
He was transported to an area hospital and was pronounced dead at 3:33 a.m.
The Cass County Sheriff's Department assisted in responding to the crash.
