Two Hurt in Wrecks in Morgan County

A one-car accident on McCasland Road, west of Ritchie Road in Morgan County, sends a Versailles woman to the hospital. The Highway Patrol report indicates that it happened shortly after 3:00 Tuesday afternoon when the car driven eastbound by 31-year-old Jessica Calton slid off the roadway and struck a tree. Calton was wearing a seat belt and suffered moderate injuries. She was taken to St. Mary’s in Jefferson City.

An Osage Beach man suffers serious injuries in a wreck in Morgan County. According to the Highway Patrol, the accident happened Monday afternoon during the snow storm that hit the area. 60-year old Mitchell Gresham was on 52 a mile west of Cherry Road when his vehicle hit the rear end of a car driven by Twila Garber of Versailles. Gresham’s car continued to slide across the highway, going off the road and hitting a utility pole. Gresham was taken to University Hospital in Columbia. Garber was not injured.