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The Reporter covers Miller, Morgan and Camden County in Central Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks and is published once per week on Wednesdays.
Published November 6, 2024
Overturned vehicles are this week’s theme
LAKE OF THE OZARKS – It was a week for overturned vehicles that began when a Springfield man was seriously injured when his vehicle started the week by overturning.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) on Sunday October 27 at 6:00 p.m., Jermaine Jackson, 25, of Springfield, MO, was driving a 2009 Chevrolet Aveo west on Highway 54 east of Highway 73 in Camden County, when the vehicle went off the left side of the road and overturned.
Jackson received serious injuries and was taken to Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, MO. He was not wearing a seat belt. The vehicle was totaled in the crash.
At 7:04 p.m., Jermaine Jackson was charged with the following:
He was released for medical treatment.
The next morning (October 28, 6:35 a.m.) another one-vehicle accident injured a Versailles man.
A 2007 Sterling LT9500, driven by James Bruner, 35, of Versailles, MO, was traveling east on Route C east of Mt. Zion Road in Morgan County, when the vehicle suffered a mechanical issue, went off the right side of the road, overcorrected and crossed the roadway going off the left side of the road and overturned.
Bruner had minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Lake Regional Hospital. He was wearing a seat belt. The vehicle was totaled in the accident.
At 1:11 p.m. that same day in Camden County, Ricky Deuschle, 59, of Russellville, MO, was driving a 1989 Freightliner south on War Bonnet Road north of Irontown Drive when the right front tire blew out causing the vehicle to go off the right side of the road and overturn.
Deuschle suffered moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Lake Regional Hospital. He was not wearing a seat belt. The Freightliner was totaled in the crash.
At 4:16 p.m. two juveniles found out what is was like to be in a vehicle while it overturns.
According to the MSHP, a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee was being driven by a 16-year-old juvenile male from Versailles, MO, east in the 11,000 block of Fairgrounds Road in Morgan County, when the driver lost control of the Jeep as it entered a curve.
It then went crossed the center of the road, went off the left side of the road and hit a ditch which caused the Jeep to rotate and rollover coming to rest on its top.
A 17-year-old male passenger received minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Lake Regional Hospital. Both were wearing their seat belts and continuing with the theme of this week, the Jeep was totaled in the accident.
A Macks Creek man escaped with minor injuries after being hit while riding a motorcycle.
The MSHP reported that last Tuesday at 3:17 p.m. at Kennedy Drive and West Branch, Joseph Clay, 44, of Macks Creek, MO, was southbound on a 2024 Yamaha YZF 450R and failed to yield to a westbound 2014 Ram 1500 being driven by Vicki McKee, 67, also of Macks Creek, MO.
Living up to its name, the Ram hit the motorcycle.
Clay had minor injuries and was taken by private vehicle to Lake Regional Hospital. He was wearing a helmet and McKee was wearing her seat belt.
The motorcycle had extensive damage and the Ram moderate.
Last Thursday a juvenile was injured in a crash involving four vehicles in Morgan County on Highway 52 east of Church Road.
The MSHP said the crash happened this way:
A 2016 Volkswagen Passat, driven by a 16-year-old female from Versailles, MO, was traveling east and slowed to make a left turn not knowing it was about to be hit by the other three vehicles.
At that time a 1999 Ford F250, driven by Andrew Ehst, 41, of Stover, MO, hit the rear of the Passat. This forced the Passat into the westbound lane of Highway 52 and was hit by a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Gary Walter, 80, of Versailles, MO.
A fourth vehicle, a 2004 Toyota Sienna, being driven by Susan Torkelson, 37, of Versailles, MO, attempted to avoid hitting the Ford F250 and went across the center of the roadway.
As a result of being hit by the Jeep, the Passat rotated into the path of the Toyota and was hit by it.
The 16-year-old driver suffered minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to St. Mary’s Hospital. All involved were wearing their seat belts.
The Volkswagen and Jeep were totaled and the Toyota and Ford F250 had extensive damage.
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