SEVERAL  INJURY ACCIDENTS IN THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.
        A ONE CAR ACCIDENT IN HOWARD COUNTY HAS INJURED TWO PEOPLE.
   A CAR DRIVEN BY 31  YEAR OLD MYLES JUDY OF HALLSVILLE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A TURN, TRAVELED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WENT AIRBORNE, AND OVERTURNED, THROWING THE DRIVER FROM THE VEHICLE.. THE CAR THEN CONTINUED TO OVERTURN AND CAME TO REST IN A CORNFIELD.
      THE DRIVER OF  THE CAR, JUDY, AND A PASSENGER  29  YEAR OLD JANETTE SMITH OF HALLSVILLE BOTH SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN BY AIR AMBULANCE TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN COLUMBIA FOR TREATMENT.
   THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE TWO THIS MORNING ON HIGHWAY  5 AT ROUTE 40 IN HOWARD COUNTY.
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   ALSO THIS MORNING IN JOHNSON COUNTY  CARS DRIVEN BY  25 YEAR OLD  PAUL MILLER OF CUSHING , OKLAHOMA, AND 73 YEAR OLD MYRON CARTER OF WARRENSBURG COLLIDED..  BOTH DRIVERS RECEIVED MODERATE INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN TO  CENTERPOINT HOSPITAL.  THAT ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON COUNTY ROADS IN NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY ABOUT 8:30 THIS MORNING.
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  AND A HEAD ON COLLISION BETWEEN TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS ON INTESTATE 35 IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI'S DEKALB COUNTY  HAS KILLED THE DRIVER OF ONE OF THE TRACTOR TRAILERS.. A PASSING MOTORIST PULLED THE PASSENGER OF THE TRACTOR TRAILER  FROM THE VEHICLE . THE PASSENGER WAS TAKEN BY AIR AMBULANCE TO  K.U. MEDICAL CENTER.. THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND TRACTOR TRAILER WAS TAKEN TO CAMERON REGIONAL  MEDICAL CENTER.
   BOTH VEHICLES BURNED TO THEIR FRAMES AND 600 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL SPILLED INTO THE DITCH ALONG THE INTERSTATE . THE SOUTHBOUND  LANES OF INTERSTATE 35 IN DEKALB COUNTY REMAINED CLOSED UNTIL THE VEHICLES ARE REMOVED.