TWO TEENS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN ACCIDENT

A vehicle ran off a road and struck a tree Saturday night east of Dutchtown, seriously injuring two Chaffee teenagers, the Missouri Highway Patrol at Poplar Bluff reported.

The patrol identified the teenagers as Necole Parker and passenger Nancy Evans, both 17 and of Chaffee. They were taken to Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, said a patrol spokesman. A hospital spokeswoman said Sunday night both were in stable condition.

The patrol spokesman said a pickup truck driven westbound by Parker on Cape Girardeau County Road 214 failed to make a curve, ran off the road and struck the tree. Neither the driver nor passenger had on seat belts, he said.

The accident occurred at 9:30 p.m. two miles east of Dutchtown, he said. The pickup truck was damaged extensively, he said.

Also Saturday, Jackson resident George McNeely, 72, suffered a fatal heart attack while driving a 1986 Ford pickup truck with a trailer east on Route A, 3 miles west of Dutchtown, the patrol reported.