Two injured in Wayne County ambulance crash

Two men suffered moderate injuries Saturday when an ambulance in which they were riding ran off the road and hit an embankment, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.

Michael D. Irions, 34, and Harry Shearrer, 73, both of Patterson, Mo., were passengers in a 2009 Ford E450 ambulance driven by David Ross, 27, of Piedmont, Mo., according to a crash report from the patrol.

The ambulance was traveling south about 6:05 p.m. Saturday on U.S. 67 two-tenths of a mile south of County Road 541 in Wayne County when it ran off the left side of the road, hit an embankment and came to rest in the median, the report stated.

Irions and Shearrer both suffered minor injuries in the crash, according to the report.

Irions was taken by air evac to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, and Shearrer was taken by ambulance to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo., the report said.

The report listed no injuries for Ross.

The ambulance, which was towed by Gene's Towing, was a total loss, the report stated.

Pertinent address:

U.S. 67 near County Road 541, Wayne County, Mo.