Five Sikeston teen-agers hurt when vehicle leaves roadway

KEWANEE, Mo. -- Five young women from Sikeston sustained moderate injuries Tuesday night when their vehicle left the road and landed in a ditch near Kewanee in New Madrid County.

Driver Natalie Gantner, 19, and passengers Shavonna Dirickson, 17, Deanna Jordan, 19, Jerica Kisling, 19, and Candace Brown, 19, were all taken to Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston after the 11:30 p.m. accident. It occurred on County Road P, three miles east of Kewanee.

According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, Gantner lost control of her vehicle and it ran off the left side of the road. She overcorrected and the vehicle ran off the right side of the road and came to rest in a ditch, the patrol said.