NewsJuly 3, 1999
INFANT KILLED IN VAN CRASH
PORTAGEVILLE -- A 5-month-old infant was killed Friday afternoon when he was ejected from a van that overturned on Interstate 55. The child was identified as Juan Russ of Dolton, Ill. He was a passenger in a van driven by Darrell Sanders, 20, of Dolton. He sustained minor injuries. Also riding in the van was Janice Sanders, 42, of Dolton. She also had minor injuries...
PORTAGEVILLE -- A 5-month-old infant was killed Friday afternoon when he was ejected from a van that overturned on Interstate 55.
The child was identified as Juan Russ of Dolton, Ill.
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He was a passenger in a van driven by Darrell Sanders, 20, of Dolton. He sustained minor injuries. Also riding in the van was Janice Sanders, 42, of Dolton. She also had minor injuries.
All three were taken to Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston after the 1:10 p.m. accident 2 1/2 miles north of Portageville.
A spokesman for the Missouri Highway Patrol said the van ran into the median, cross back onto the highway and overturned.
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