Oct 9, 2007
Independence man dies in traffic accident
An Independence man was killed this morning when the car he was driving collided with a truck in Johnson County, Mo.
Jeb B. Cossey, 26, was driving north on Route Z and pulled into the path of a 1995 Kenworth heading west on U.S. 50, according to a Missouri Highway Patrol report. The 2001 Honda that Cossey was driving was pushed off the northwest corner of the intersection and overturned. Cossey was ejected and pronounced dead at a hospital.
The truck driver, a 36-year-old Arkansas man, suffered minor injuries in the 7:50 a.m. wreck, according to the highway patrol.
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jeff c
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I pulled up on the wreck as the life flight helicopter was landing as i was sitting in the cross median i noticed that the sun was just a little ways above the horizon and was wondering if the sun was any cause of the wreck, i have traveled east on 50 hyw. in the morning and the sun will almost blind you,is it maybe by chance he did look to the east but because of the sun didnt see the truck approaching,it is a sad thing that someone lost their life so suddenly but i know i will always look a second and third time to the east each morning as i turn west from z hyw.
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Jebs fiance Rachel
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Jeff C, I hope you check this, I realize it has been almost 3 months since the accident as well as your post. However, I would love to talk to you about what you saw that day, I am the fiance of the gentleman that passed away that day. I am finding no one to speak with regarding this, but want to talk to someone who saw anything that day, just for closure nothing more. If you check this please send me an email to jebandrachel@sbcglobal.net I would greatly appreciate it. FYI be ware of anyone named Kim who might try to reply to your post. Sincerely, Rachel jeff c wrote: I pulled up on the wreck as the life flight helicopter was landing as i was sitting in the cross median i noticed that the sun was just a little ways above the horizon and was wondering if the sun was any cause of the wreck, i have traveled east on 50 hyw. in the morning and the sun will almost blind you,is it maybe by chance he did look to the east but because of the sun didnt see the truck approaching,it is a sad thing that someone lost their life so suddenly but i know i will always look a second and third time to the east each morning as i turn west from z hyw.
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grandma billie
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TO JEFF C
I AM JEBS GRANDMOTHER AND I JUST SEEN YOUR POSTING
IT WOULD BE SO WONDERFUL FOR ME IF I COULD TALK TO YOU.
LIKE DID YOU WORK OR KNOW JEB.
WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU3747
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Tohnya
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Jeff,
I sincerely hope that you have or will reply to Billie. Billie is my WONDERFUL, LOVING, aunt. She was more than a Grandma to Jeb and she and his mother, Kim, would really appreciate any information you might share with them.
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Sally
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My goodness, I am so sorry that you had to witness such a horrific incident. I am part of Jeb's family. I work at a chamber of commerce not far from Independence, and on my way to work that morning, far before I knew of Jeb's accident, I commented how blinding it was for me to cross a busy street, looking east. I am sure you are probably correct, that Jeb looked and did not see. He may have been preoccupied, and with the sun it just added to his failure to see the truck. God bless you for your posting. Do please answer Jeb's mother, Kim. To loose a child is by far the worse thing that I can comprehend. Again, thank you very much. Sally in Atchison, KS
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