Three injury accidents in Pulaski County over the weekend
20-year-old Bradley D. Whiting of Devil’s Elbow was injured in a Sunday morning traffic accident on Highway 17, ten miles north of Roby. The highway patrol reports that Whiting swerved his 2020 Jeep Wrangler to avoid a deer, ran off the right side of the roadway, impacted a road sign, and overturned on its side.
Whiting received moderate injuries and was transported by Texas County Ambulance to Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston for treatment.
The accident occurred at 7 o’clock Sunday morning.
An out-of-state motorist received minor injuries in a Saturday evening two-vehicle crash on A-B Highway, just south of I-44. The highway patrol reports that a 2011 Chevrolet Aveo, driven by 30-year-old Bailey L. Van Hoozen of Richland was making a left turn onto A-B Highway and failed to yield to a 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe, driven by 37-year-old Sarah B. Bassett of Columbia, Tennessee. Bassett received minor injuries and sought her own treatment.
A single-vehicle traffic accident in Pulaski County Sunday evening resulted in moderate injuries for a Laclede County motorist. The highway patrol says 56-year-old Jackie D. Kenney of Lebanon drove his 2013 Ford F150 off the right side of Highway 17, 7 miles south of Laquey, returned to the road, traveled off the left side of the roadway striking several objects. It then returned to the road before traveling off the left side of the roadway again, coming to rest off the road. Kenney was transported to Pulaski County Ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Lebanon.