Overturned car, vehicle landing in field among Saturday accidents involving Southeast Missouri residents

Several accidents Saturday included an overturned car in Dutchtown and a vehicle landing in a field near Old Appleton, leading to injuries of Southeast Missourians.

The first accident occurred around 9:45 a.m., when a 2007 Chevrolet truck driven by Laccey W. Umfleet, 41, of Jackson attempted to pass a 2002 John Deer tractor driven by Joshua B. Veussink, 23, of Cape Girardeau on Highway 25 in Dutchtown, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

The tractor then began to make a left turn and struck the side of the Chevrolet, which overturned after traveling off the right side of the roadway.

Umfleet - who was not wearing his seat belt - was taken by ambulance to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau for treatment of serious injuries. Veussink was not injured. The tractor was not damaged while the Chevrolet was totaled.

Later that evening a Sikeston teen was among four people injured in a two-car collision at Highway 80 and U.S. 61 east of Matthews, Mo.

The accident occurred around 6:20 p.m. when a 2006 Pontiac driven by Rebecca C. Hatton, 16, of East Prairie, Mo., pulled into the path of a 2006 Pontiac driven by Christina R. Cook, 15, of Sikeston, Mo. Cook, Hatton and a 19-year-old passenger in Hatton's vehicle all were treated for moderate injuries at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. A 12-year-old passenger in Cook's vehicle sustained minor injuries. Hatton was wearing her seat belt while Cook was not.

Meanwhile, at 6:34 p.m. two women were moderately injured after their vehicle ran off the roadway and landed in a field near Old Appleton.

A 2004 Chevrolet driven by Sheia R. Hovis, 17, of Sedgewickville, Mo., was traveling westbound on Route KK, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The vehicle then ran off the left side of the road, crossed a pasture and came to rest in a nearby field.

Hovis and the passenger, Heather A. Joyce, 19, of Sedgewickville, were both treated for moderate injuries at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

Hovis was not wearing her seat belt at the time of the accident, the highway patrol said. The vehicle sustained extensive damage.