Multiple Accidents Injure Motorists After Winter & Ice Storm Hits
Icy roads have claimed the life of a woman from Barry County, Missouri. Reports from the Arkansas State Police say Terry Kelly of Eagle Rock was driving on Highway 62 in Benton County Monday when she lost control on the icy highway. It is believed her car ran off into a ditch and flipped over which resulted in Kelly being thrown from the car which rolled on top of her.
A California man was injured in a three-vehicle accident Monday on I-44, nine miles east of Joplin in Jasper County. Hyun J. Kim, of Hot Springs, Calif., was taken to St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin. Kim was driving a truck that was struck in the rear by another westbound tractor-trailer driven by Kevin J. Cowles, of Cadillac, Mich. The collision knocked Kim’s truck into the rear of a westbound car driven by Robert E. Hoots, 45, of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., according the the report of the Missouri Highway Patrol.
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A Purdy man was injured on Missouri Highway 37, a mile south of Monett in Barry County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Gary E. Churchill was taken to Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, the patrol said. According to the Missouri Highway patrol, Churchill was driving a southbound pickup truck that ran off the road and struck a fence.
A Webb City man was injured on Interstate 44, a half-mile east of Mount Vernon. Bradley R. Barton was taken to McCune-Brooks Regional Hospital in Carthage, the patrol said. According to the MSHP, Barton was driving a westbound car that slid off the road, overturned and struck a guardrail
Two Pierce City residents were injured on Business Highway 60, two miles east of Monett in Lawrence County. The driver, Lindsey R. Coatney, 17, and her passenger, Hunter Coatney, 12, were taken to Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, the patrol said. The westbound vehicle ran off the road, struck a guardrail and overturned, the patrol said.
A Michigan teenager was injured on Highway 160, nine miles west of Lamar in Barton County. Brianna A. Holman, 14, was taken to Mount Carmel Regional Medical Center in Pittsburg, Kan., the patrol said. Holman was a passenger in an eastbound vehicle driven by Ashley N. Stone, 20, of Sheldon. Stone lost control of the vehicle on the ice-covered road, and it struck a guardrail and overturned, according to reports.
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident on Missouri Highway 171 at Carterville in Jasper County. The driver of one of the vehicles, Tammi S. Byrd, of Duenweg, and two of her passengers, Lexi S. Byrd and Caroline S. Lundstrum sought medical treatment for injuries on their own, the patrol said. Byrd’s vehicle ran into the rear of a southbound truck rig driven by Octavio Rodriguez, of Carl Junction, as Rodriguez slowed for another accident in the area, according to reports.
Five people were injured in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 71, five miles north of Nevada in Vernon County. Both drivers, Raymond W. Weaver, 44, of Pittsburg, Kan., and Robert W. Brooks, 29, of Nevada, were taken to Nevada Regional Medical Center, the patrol said. A passenger in Weaver’s car, Kenneth K. Phillips, 19, of Pittsburg, and two passengers in Brooks’ car, Michelle D. Brooks, 33, and Kipton W. Brooks, 7, both of Nevada, were taken to the same hospital, the patrol said. Weaver was southbound on the icy highway when he lost control of his car, and it ran off the road, across the median and struck Brooks’ northbound car head-on, the patrol said.
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