A 15-year-old Oak Ridge boy was seriously injured in a Tuesday evening motor vehicle accident half a mile east of Oak Ridge. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Ozzy L. Walker was driving his 1984 Honda ATV around 7:25 p.m. Tuesday when he made a left turn onto Route E into the path of a 2003 Toyota Corolla driven by David L. Derousse, 37, of Oak Ridge. The ATV was totaled while the Corolla sustained moderate damage. The teen was taken by ambulance to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
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