The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO

July 15, 2008

<img src="http://www.joplinglobeonline.com/images/zope/policeandfire.gif" border=0 > Two motorists injured in traffic accidents


A Joplin man was injured in a single-vehicle crash at 8:45 p.m. Monday on Jackpine Road, three miles north of Carthage, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

David E. Roets, 41, was taken to St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin.

A 2-year-old passenger, Alexeous R. Hall, of Carthage, was taken to McCune-Brooks Hospital in Carthage.

Roets was driving an eastbound vehicle when he drove off the right side of the road, over-corrected and traveled off the left side, overturning several times, the state patrol said.

n A Nixa man was injured in a single-vehicle crash at 11:10 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 44, half of a mile west of Mount Vernon, the state patrol said.

Victor H. Miller, 24, was transported to St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.

Miller was driving a westbound vehicle that ran off the road and overturned.