The Highway Patrol reports a Fordland man sustained serious injuries when he fell asleep at the wheel, and a truck overturned several times two miles north of Polo the morning of Thursday, August 27th. Emergency medical services transported 62-year-old Stanley Phelps to Polo before a medical helicopter airlifted him to Truman Medical Center. The truck […]
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Milan man falls asleep at the wheel in SUV, crashes west of Novinger
Two Milan residents were hurt early Sunday when a compact sport utility vehicle overturned on highway 6 west of Novinger. The driver, 23-year old Devin Moss, received moderate injuries while a passenger, 21-year old Caleb Meseke received minor injuries. Both were taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The crash took place one mile […]
Princeton Woman Falls Asleep at the Wheel, Crashes on I-35
The Highway Patrol reports a Princeton woman sustained minor injuries when she fell asleep and the car she drove ran off the road eight miles south of Bethany Thursday morning. An ambulance transported 68-year-old Donna Luper to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. Luper drove south on Interstate 35 before she allegedly fell asleep, and the […]
Driver falls asleep at the wheel, strikes big rig on I-35
An Oklahoma man was hurt when he fell asleep and the pickup he was driving hit the rear of a tractor-trailer unit on Interstate 35 near Cameron. Twenty-six-year-old Zachary Lawson of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma was taken to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. The driver of the tractor-trailer unit, 19-year old Colin Arhdekin of St. Joseph, […]
Woman falls asleep at the wheel and crashes near Brookfield
The Highway Patrol reports a Huntsville woman sustained minor injuries when she fell asleep, and the car she drove ran off the road two miles east of Brookfield Tuesday morning. An ambulance transported 25-year-old Marissa Avila to Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield. Avila traveled west on U. S. Highway 36 when the car traveled off […]
Gallatin man falls asleep at the wheel, crashes head-on with man from Coffey
The Highway Patrol reports two persons were injured this morning when a pickup and car collided on Highway 13 in Daviess County. The patrol reports 35-year-old Brandon Bush of Coffey received serious injuries in that accident five miles south of Gallatin and was flown by medical helicopter (Lifeflight Eagle) to St. Luke’s Hospital on the […]
Trenton man falls asleep at the wheel in Chillicothe
Officers with the Chillicothe Police Department responded to two accidents on Thursday. Officers responded to the 1300 block of North Washington where they discovered a vehicle had struck a utility pole. A 2010 Ford was being driven southbound by Dominic Wilmes of Trenton, when he fell asleep at the wheel, drove off the west side of […]
Marceline woman hurt in crash after falling asleep at the wheel
The Highway Patrol reports a Marceline woman sustained serious injuries when she fell asleep, and the car she drove ran off the road four miles south of Marceline Tuesday morning. Thirty-five-year-old Melanie Metcalf traveled south on Highway 5 when the car ran off the right side of the road, struck the ground, and hit a […]
Milan man falls asleep at the wheel, crashes south of Milan
A resident of Milan was injured late Sunday night in a single vehicle accident five miles south of Milan. The Highway Patrol reports 39-year-old Yol Bol received minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital. Bol was driving eastbound on Silver Road when he apparently fell asleep, went off the right side […]
Driver crashes after falling asleep at the wheel on Highway 65 in Chillicothe
Officers with the Chillicothe Police Department responded to a vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 65 and 36 on Wednesday. Officers say that Allen Eakins fell asleep at the wheel while driving northbound on Highway 65. Eakins crossed into the southbound lane of Highway 65 and crossed an access road. The vehicle went airborne, […]
Eagleville man falls asleep at the wheel, crashes on I-35
The Highway Patrol reports an Eagleville man sustained minor injuries due to a single-vehicle accident five miles south of Eagleville early Friday morning. Twenty-one year old Joey McClintock reportedly fell asleep while traveling on northbound Interstate 35. His pickup truck ran off the right side of the road and down an embankment before striking a […]