A two-car accident in Perry County at 5:40 p.m. Wednesday sent both drivers to hospitals with serious injuries.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Travis Burris, 25, of Cape Girardeau was eastbound on Route T in Perry County in a 1991 Dodge Ram Charger that went partially off the road. The vehicle overcorrected, veered out of control and drove into the path of a 2002 Ford F-150 pickup truck driven by Richard Woolard, 51, of Perryville, Mo.
Burris was flown to St. Louis University Hospital. Woolard was flown to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
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