NEW MADRID -- A single-vehicle accident left a New Madrid woman with moderate injuries Tuesday.
Valeria Word, 34, of New Madrid was injured when her vehicle swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle and she lost control of her car. The vehicle crossed the highway, hit a ditch and overturned, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.
The accident happened at 7:55 p.m., 1.5 miles north of New Madrid on U.S. 61.
Word was taken by ambulance to Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
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