Two dead, one injured in accident

A Jackson family is having a double funeral home visitation today after a car accident claimed an uncle and nephew.

Jeremy Fultz, 20, was driving his 1989 Ford Mustang at 5:30 p.m. Friday when he ran off the interstate outer road four miles north of Jackson and hit a tree, a Missouri State Highway Patrol spokeswoman said. He died at the scene.

His uncle, Jeffrey L. Pinkerton, 37, was ejected from the car and airlifted to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, where he died four hours later.

A second passenger, David E. Todd of Marble Hill, Mo., also was airlifted to St. Francis Medical Center and was in intensive care late Saturday.

Arrangements for Pinkerton and Fultz are with McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Their obituaries are on Page 8B of today's Southeast Missourian.