POPLAR BLUFF MAN DIES IN CRASH; KIDS INJURED

POPLAR BLUFF -- A Poplar Bluff man was killed Tuesday and his two children seriously hurt after he failed to yield and struck another truck. Police identified the victim as Larry Hager, 52.

His children, Mark Hager, 8, and Melissa Hager received serious injuries. Mark was in critical condition late Tuesday at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, after being transferred there from Doctor's Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff.

Melissa was taken to Doctor's Regional, where her condition was not released.

Also injured in the accident were a passenger in the second truck, 26-year-old Sharon Shelton of Malden. She was also taken to Doctor's Regional where her condition was not released. The driver of the truck was Michael Shelton, 32.

The accident occurred at 3 p.m. along Route AA, six and a half miles north of Broseley, said the Missouri Highway Patrol.

The patrol said Hagar failed to yield and pulled into the path of the Shelton vehicle.