NewsOctober 10, 1991
THREE INJURED IN CRASH NEAR DELTA
DELTA -- Three Advance men were injured Wednesday afternoon in an accident on Highway 25, five miles south of Delta. The Missouri Highway Patrol reported that John Statler, 45, was southbound in a pickup truck when he started to pass a vehicle, apparently pulling in front of a tractor-trailer that was passing his pickup...
DELTA -- Three Advance men were injured Wednesday afternoon in an accident on Highway 25, five miles south of Delta.
The Missouri Highway Patrol reported that John Statler, 45, was southbound in a pickup truck when he started to pass a vehicle, apparently pulling in front of a tractor-trailer that was passing his pickup.
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The patrol said Statler swerved right to avoid the truck, left the roadway and struck an embankment. He was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau along with Elmer Younger, 50, and David Tropf, 35, passengers in Statler's vehicle.
None of the injured men were wearing seat belts, the patrol said.
A spokesperson at St. Francis medical Center said Tropf was undergoing surgery Wednesday night and that Statler and Younger were in stable condition.
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