PORTAGEVILLE WOMAN KILLED, 5 HURT IN CRASH

NEW MADRID -- A single-vehicle accident early Sunday morning new New Madrid claimed the life of a Portageville woman and left five other persons injured.

The accident occurred at 1:45 a.m. on Interstate 55, about three miles south of New Madrid.

Kimberly Hall, 22, was killed when she lost control of the car she was driving, which went off the right side of the road, overturned several times and ejected the six occupants, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

None of the riders were wearing seat belts.

The patrol said Daniel Trotter and Preston Hall, both 22, sustained serious injuries in the accident.

Trotter was transported by air ambulance to Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, where he was listed in stable condition Sunday night.

Hall was first taken to Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston and then transferred to Southeast Missouri Hospital. He also was listed in stable condition Sunday night.

The patrol said three other passengers sustained moderate injuries. All were transported by ambulance to Missouri Delta Medical Center.

Latora Jones, 16, was listed in stable condition at the hospital Sunday night.

Starlett Brown, 24, and Olivia Harris, 23, were both treated and released from the hospital.