Three injured in separate accidents

Three people sustained moderate injuries in two separate accidents in Cape Girardeau County Monday and Tuesday.

Wayne Turner, 54, and Lori Turner, 39, both of Chaffee, Mo., were both taken to Southeast Missouri Hospital with moderate injuries after an accident Monday evening on Nash Road, 1.2 miles west of Interstate 55.

The accident occurred at 10:55 p.m.

The driver of the other vehicle, Michael Palmer, 29, of Prince Edward Island, Canada, was not injured.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred as Palmer was making a turn from a private drive onto Nash Road. Wayne Turner was driving westbound and failed to notice the Palmer vehicle, striking the trailer Palmer was pulling, the patrol said.

Pamela Griffith, 32, of Millersville, Mo., sustained moderate injuries Tuesday when she passed out due to a diabetic condition and her vehicle struck a parked truck on Highway 72, one mile west of Millersville. The accident occurred at 4:20 p.m. She was taken to St. Francis Medical Center after the accident.