Fugitive takes pursuit off-road, crashes vehicle, then flees into timber before being tracked down by authorities

Police pursuit of motorcycle ends in crash

A Lathrop man being pursued by Plattsburg police was hurt when he lost control of the motorcycle he was operating. Thirty-two-year-old Michael Johnston was taken to Liberty Hospital with minor injuries. The crash happened early Saturday six miles east of Lathrop on Highway 116 at Highway 69 when the eastbound motorcycle went out of control […]

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Polo resident injured in Ray County crash

A Polo resident was injured Thursday afternoon in a collision at a Ray County intersection. Eighty three-year-old Wendelin Herman received moderate injuries and was taken to the Liberty Hospital. Herman was westbound on Highway 210 when he allegedly failed to yield to a vehicle driven by 54-year-old Tricia Maynard of Richmond who wasn’t hurt. Both […]

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Chillicothe man strikes deer with car near Humphreys

The Highway Patrol reports a deer entered Highway 6 in western Sullivan County and was struck by an eastbound car one mile east of Humphreys. The driver, 55-year-old Mitchell Mayer of Chillicothe, received minor injuries and was taken by a personal vehicle to the Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. Damage to the car was moderate […]

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Chillicothe teen injured in two-car crash

A Chillicothe teenager received minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident late Sunday afternoon (5:00 pm), one mile north of Chillicothe. Nineteen-year-old Tiffany Maples was taken by private vehicle to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. A car driven by 17-year-old Tucker Burtch of Chillicothe was southbound on LIV Road 239 when the collision occurred with the […]

Rollover Accident

Two from Princeton injured in Sunday rollover crash

Two Princeton residents were injured in a rollover accident Sunday afternoon four miles east of Princeton. The driver, 32-year-old Mirlande Hector, and her passenger, 34-year-old Wenchel Dorzin were taken by emergency medical services to the Wright Memorial Hospital with moderate injuries. The car was westbound when it crossed the center of Highway 136 and drove […]

Traffic Accident

Princeton man involved in northeast Missouri crash

A northeast Missouri resident was hurt when the car she was driving was hit from behind by a vehicle operated by a Princeton man. Forty-year-old Crystal King of Alexandria was taken to Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri with minor injuries. The driver of the other car, 35-year old Landon Brown of Princeton, was not […]

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Three hurt in two-vehicle crash in Stewartsville

Three individuals sustained injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Stewartsville on Friday evening. The Patrol reports an ambulance transported 35-year-old Brandon Beam of Saint Joseph to Mosaic Life Care in Saint Joseph with moderate injuries. Twenty-seven-year-old Kaleigh Hayes of Saint Joseph reportedly did not seek immediate medical treatment, and 76-year-old Lane Killgore of Stewartsville refused […]

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Lineville trucker crashes in Johnson County

The highway patrol reports a Lineville truck driver declined medical treatment for minor injuries received in an accident Monday morning in Johnson County. Sixty-year-old Gary Brown of Lineville, Iowa was northbound on Highway 13 when the freight liner failed to negotiate a round-about. Damage to the big rig was extensive and Brown was using a […]

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Trenton teen injured in Sunday morning crash

A Trenton teenager was injured Sunday morning just one-half mile west of Trenton. Nineteen-year-old Nathaniel Carter was taken by private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital with moderate injuries. A trooper reported Carter was eastbound when it traveled off the south side of Northwest Third Street, down into a ditch, and struck a tree. Vehicle damage […]

Motorcycle Crash

Motorcyclist injured in Caldwell County crash near Braymer

A California motorcyclist was injured early Sunday evening in a Caldwell County accident four miles to the northwest of Braymer. Seventy-one-year-old Ronald Parsons of El Segundo was taken by ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. Parsons was southbound on Turkey Road when the motorcycle traveled off the west side; the driver […]