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Four teens injured in accidents FridayMonday, June 8, 2009SIKESTON, Mo. -- Four teenagers were injured in three separate accidents Friday in Scott, Mississippi and Stoddard counties. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the first accident occurred at 5:30 p.m. in Scott County. Bradlee J. Burton, 17, of Sikeston was traveling eastbound on County Road 518, just west of County Road 517, when he swerved to avoid a dog, ran off the road and struck a tree. Burton and his passenger, Steven D. Watkins, 16, sustained minor injuries and were transported by private vehicle to Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. The second accident reported by the patrol occurred at 9:30 p.m. in Mississippi County, three-tenths of a mile north of County Road 525. Darrin T. Williams, 18, was traveling south on County Road 523 when he ran his vehicle off the side of the road, struck a ditch and overturned. Williams was taken by ambulance to Missouri Delta Medical Center where he was treated for minor injuries. The third accident occurred at 10:10 p.m. in Stoddard County. Brent R. Starnes, 17, of Bloomfield, Mo., was westbound on County Road 624 near Route AF when he ran off the side of the road and struck an embankment. Starnes sustained moderate injuries and was taken by private vehicle to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau for treatment. According to the patrol, three of the four teens injured were wearing seatbelts. Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
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ALRIGHT....Which one of you was NOT wearing HIS seatbelt??? (none of the four were girls) Come on 'fess up you DUMMY!!! Accidents have happened, are happening and will happen. Whether the trip is an eighth-of-a-mile or across three counties the next accident might include YOU. So, not for me, but for yourself....BUCKLE UP!!!
duh. One stuck a tree & and the other was a roll over, all with minor injuries. Process of elimination.
Reading this story, I see minor to moderate injuries as opposed to deaths or serious injuries, unlike some stories that I have read in the paper lately.
In my opinion, the seat belts made the difference In the outcome for these kids and their families.