PETTIS COUNTY, MO – A single-vehicle wreck in Pettis County on Tuesday afternoon sent two people to the hospital, according to a KCTV report.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the scene in the vicinity of Northwoods Road and Route HH shortly before 12:30 p.m.
State troopers said the driver of a 1993 Ford Explorer was headed northbound when he lost control and ran off the roadway. The vehicle struck a ditch and overturned, coming to a rest in the roadway.
The driver, a 35-year-old man, was seriously injured while his passenger, a 39-year-old woman, sustained minor injuries. The two, both residents of Smithton, Missouri, were transported to Bothwell Regional Health Center.
Neither occupant of the SUV was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident, the MSHP said.
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