Several injured in traffic accidents on area roadways

An Aurora man was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 3:02 p.m. Wednesday on County Road 1235, four miles south of Marionville in Lawrence County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Paul M. Dolis, 20, was taken to St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, the patrol said.

The northbound vehicle slid off the road on a curve and struck a tree, the patrol said.

n A Joplin teen suffered minor injuries in a traffic accident at 8:40 a.m. Wednesday on Route P, five miles south of Joplin, the state patrol said.

Lindsay C. Ochsenbein, 19, was westbound when she lost control of the car, which ran off the road, entered a ditch and overturned, the patrol said.

She was taken by ambulance to St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, the patrol said.

n Two Seneca residents were injured in a three-vehicle accident at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on Coyote Drive, a mile south of Joplin, the state patrol said.

One of the drivers, Mary A. Fort, 73, and a passenger, Miriam J. Fort, 35, were taken to St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, the patrol said.

The patrol said a westbound vehicle driven by Walter V. Carel, 17, of Joplin, pulled into the path of the southbound Fort car, striking that vehicle and then colliding with an eastbound vehicle driven by Linda F. Alderman, 53, of Joplin.

n An Eagle Rock man was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 4 p.m. Tuesday on Route E, two miles east of Missouri Highway 86 in Barry County, the state patrol said.

Lee W. Collins, 69, was taken to St. John’s Hospital in Cassville, the patrol said.

Collins was driving an eastbound vehicle that ran off the roadway, and struck a sign and a fence, the patrol said.