MALDEN, Mo. -- A Malden boy was seriously injured Thursday when he fell out of the bed of a pickup truck being driven by a Cape Girardeau man.
Anthony Hughes, 5, was taken to Dexter Memorial Hospital after the 12:45 p.m. accident on Highway 25, one-half mile south of Malden.
The driver was Elbert Porter, 18, of Cape Girardeau.
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