A Cape Girardeau man was injured in a one-vehicle accident Sunday on Route P in Perkins, Mo., according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash log report.
The accident occurred at 1:30 p.m. in Scott County when Michael G. McCrate, 90, driving a 2010 Dodge Ram, fell asleep, ran off the road and struck a tree and a telephone junction box, the report said. McCrate was taken by emergency medical service to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
The report lists damage to the truck as extensive.
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