A 21-year-old Golden City woman was hurt about 6:30 p.m. Monday in a motorcycle accident on Route E, two miles northeast of Eagle Rock in Barry County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Stephanie A. Busse was taken to St. John’s Hospital at Cassville.
The patrol said Busse’s westbound motorcycle skidded off the road on a curve and overturned.
• A Cassville teen was injured about 3 p.m. Monday in a motorcycle accident on Highway 248, a mile east of Cassville in Barry County, according to the state patrol.
Joseph T. Haney, 16, was taken to St. John’s Hospital at Springfield.
The patrol said the eastbound Haney motorcycle was slowing for traffic and that excessive braking caused the vehicle to overturn.
• A 20-year-old Cassville woman was injured about 7:40 p.m. Sunday in a traffic accident on Highway 76, two miles east of Wheaton in Barry County, according to the patrol.
The patrol said Tessa L. Craig was taken to St. John’s in Springfield.
Her westbound vehicle ran off the road and struck an embankment, according to the patrol.
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Three injured in traffic accidents on roads in area
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