Sun. Sep 8th, 2024
Two people are injured in a one-vehicle accident on Missouri-83 south of Warsaw Avenue in Benton County.
The highway patrol says it happened early Sunday night when the pickup driven by 48-year-old Thomas Starforth ran off the road striking a tree before it overturned.
A passenger, 53-year-old Michelle George of Osceola, was seriously hurt and flown to a Kansas City hospital while Starforth refused treatment at the scene for minor injuries.
Neither one was wearing a seat belt at the time.
ALSO
Two teenagers are injured shortly before 10:00 Sunday night when they failed to negotiate a curve on Camden County Route-A causing the motorcycle they were riding to start sliding and to overturn.
The 16-year-old girl and the 18-year-old boy were both wearing helmets and partially ejected from the motorcycle.
They suffered minor injuries and were taken to Lake Regional Hospital.
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A Rayville man is injured when the motorcycle he was riding on Ivy Bend Road north of Webb Loop in Morgan County ran off the road and struck a ditch before overturning.
The highway patrol says it happened late Sunday afternoon.
60-year-old Paul Decker was not wearing a helmet and suffered moderate injuries.
Decker was taken to lake Regional Hospital.