Two men seriously injured when vehicle overturns near Cape

Men from Chaffee, Mo., and Marble Hill, Mo., were seriously injured Sunday when their vehicle overturned a half mile west of Cape Girardeau.

Tony Swain, 22, of Chaffee and Michael Rice, 31, of Marble Hill were both taken to Southeast Missouri Hospital after the 5:40 a.m. accident on Route AB.

The Missouri Highway Patrol said Swain lost control of his vehicle and it skidded off the right side of the road and struck a culvert. Both occupants were ejected when the vehicle overturned.

Swain was issued a summons for careless and imprudent driving and driving while revoked.

In a separate single-vehicle accident Monday, Jennifer Joseph, 22, of Dexter, Mo., was moderately injured when her car ran off the road and overturned 10 miles west of Sikeston, Mo. She was taken to Dexter Memorial Hospital.

The accident occurred at 1:50 p.m. on Route Y in Stoddard County.