NewsApril 6, 1997
3 IN FAMILY HURT IN WRECK
A Cape Girardeau couple and their young daughter were in serious condition Saturday after a two-truck accident Friday at Big Bend Road and Bertling. Michael Bartlett, 27, and his 2 1/2-year-old daughter, Alexia, were both at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Bartlett's 7 1/2-month pregnant wife, Cathy, was flown to Barnes Hospital in St. Louis Friday night after she began premature labor. On Saturday night, doctors were trying to keep Mrs. Bartlett, 26, from having the baby premature...
A Cape Girardeau couple and their young daughter were in serious condition Saturday after a two-truck accident Friday at Big Bend Road and Bertling.
Michael Bartlett, 27, and his 2 1/2-year-old daughter, Alexia, were both at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Bartlett's 7 1/2-month pregnant wife, Cathy, was flown to Barnes Hospital in St. Louis Friday night after she began premature labor. On Saturday night, doctors were trying to keep Mrs. Bartlett, 26, from having the baby premature.
It is still not known if the baby is injured, a family member said Saturday.
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Michael Bartlett, 40 N. Henderson, suffered several cracked vertebrae in the accident, and Alexia underwent surgery Friday night after being diagnosed with a ruptured spleen and lacerated liver.
She was listed in stable but serious condition Saturday night in the intensive-care unit.
The accident occurred Friday at about 5:45 p.m.
Michael Bartlett's truck was eastbound on Bertling, where police say he ran a stop sign onto Big Bend, striking a southbound truck driven by David V. Reed of Harrisburg, Ill. Reed was not injured.
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