TEEN GETS MODERATE INJURIES IN ACCIDENT

FARMINGTON -- A 16-year-old Ste. Genevieve youth sustained moderate injuries Wednesday afternoon when the car he was driving overturned on Highway EE.

Shane M. Basler was taken to Farmington Community Hospital after the 3:55 p.m. accident near the St. Francois County line.

His passenger, Mary A. Basler, 38, also of Ste. Genevieve, was treated at the same hospital for minor injuries.

A spokeswoman for the Missouri Highway Patrol said the driver oversteered when the car's right front wheel dropped off the pavement. The vehicle overturned and came to rest on its top.

Neither the driver nor the passenger was wearing a seat belt, the spokeswoman said.