A fatal teen wreck Thursday evening claimed the life of a Union Star football player. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that a 2011 Ford Escape driven by Zachary Richey (16) of Union Star was westbound on County Road 229 and a 1978 Peterbilt Tractor Trailer driven by Robert Hill (31) of Platte City was northbound on Route M 6 miles northwest of Union Star at around 5:36 pm that evening. The Escape failed to stop at the posted stop sign and struck the towed unit of the Peterbilt in the passenger side. Both vehicles came to rest on Route M and caught fire. Hill was not injured in the accident. Both were wearing seat belts at the time of the accident.
Richey was a football player on the King City/Union Star football cooperative, and the game with North Andrew that had been scheduled for Friday was canceled and will count as a forfeit win for North Andrew.
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