2 PASSENGERS SERIOUSLY HURT AT MOREHOUSE

MOREHOUSE -- Two passengers sustained serious injuries Monday night in a single-vehicle accident on Highway 60 at Highway 114.

Linda Leist, 36, and Megan Leist, 13, both of Dexter, were flown by helicopter to Southeast Missouri Hospital after the 7:15 accident.

The driver of the vehicle was Rachel Leist, 16, of Dexter.

A spokeswoman for the Missouri Highway Patrol said her westbound vehicle ran off the north side of the road. She overcorrected, and the vehicle traveled off the south side of the road. The vehicle then struck a railroad crossing signal and overturned.