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April 7, 2003

A Scott City teenager sustained serious injuries in a one-vehicle accident Sunday on Interstate 55. Lee Essner was southbound one-half mile south of Benton, Mo., when he fell asleep, ran of the west side of the roadway and overturned the 2000 Dodge he was driving, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol...

Southeast Missourian

A Scott City teenager sustained serious injuries in a one-vehicle accident Sunday on Interstate 55.

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Lee Essner was southbound one-half mile south of Benton, Mo., when he fell asleep, ran of the west side of the roadway and overturned the 2000 Dodge he was driving, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

He was taken by ambulance to St. Francis Medical Center.

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