Two injured in area accidents

Jeff Lehr, The Joplin Globe, Mo.
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Jul. 12—A Columbus, Kansas, resident sustained minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident at 9:25 a.m. Monday in the roundabout on Missouri Highway 171 at Route YY, about one mile north of Carl Junction in Jasper County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Allen H. Fischgrabe, 61, was taken by ambulance to Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, the state patrol said.

Fischgrabe was driving a westbound car that was struck in the side by a southbound Jeep Cherokee driven by James M. Lewis, 48, of Valley Center, Kansas, when Lewis failed to yield the right of way, the patrol said.

—A truck driver from Republic sustained minor injuries in a single-vehicle accident at 9:06 a.m. Monday on Route O north of Farm Road 2080, about six miles south of Halltown in Lawrence County, the state patrol said.

Bobby J. Rein, 52, was taken by ambulance to Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, the patrol said.

He was driving a northbound concrete truck that ran off the road and overturned, the patrol said.

Jeff Lehr is a reporter for The Joplin Globe.