A Wyatt, Mo., man received major injuries from an accident while driving a tractor Sunday, according to the Illinois State Police.
The accident occurred at 9:35 a.m. in Alexander County at the bridge on U.S. 60, a quarter-mile north of the Missouri state line in Cairo, Ill. Robert L. Harris, 33, was driving a tractor south into Missouri when the vehicle struck the right guard rail. He lost control and was ejected. The tractor came to a rest against the left guard rail, receiving major damage.
Harris was taken to Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
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