ACCIDENTS INJURE TWO

Two Southeast Missouri women were injured in separate accidents Friday and Saturday.

Ruth Hyten, 55, of Benton was injured Saturday when the motorcycle she was riding northbound on Interstate 55 ran off the road and overturned, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

The accident occurred at 10:35 a.m., 1 1/2 miles south of Scott City.

Hyten was taken by ambulance to Southeast Missouri Hospital where she was listed in serious condition Saturday night.

Jennifer Rogers, 17, of Cape Girardeau was treated and released at St. Francis Medical Center following a three-vehicle accident at 7:35 p.m. Friday.

The accident occurred on Highway 177, east of Route V.

The accident occurred as an eastbound car driven by Melissa Bradley, 26, of Jackson stopped to make a left turn into a private drive, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. An eastbound car driven by Rogers rear-ended the Bradley vehicle, sending it into the westbound lane where it struck a vehicle driven by Everett Huffman, 48, of Whitewater.

Neither Bradley nor Huffman were injured in the accident, the patrol said.