Friday, November 29, 2013

Three injured in crash that closed Eastbound I-44

Three South Bend, Ind., residents were injured, and two were lifeflighted to Mercy Hospital in Springfield following a one-car accident that closed both lanes of Eastbound I-44 five miles west of Sarcoxie at 3:20 p.m. today.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 1995 Oldsmobile Silhouette driven by Christina Dettman, 46, South Bend, traveled into the median and overturned onto the roadway. Ms. Dettman, and a passenger, Louis Dettman, 8, received serious injuries and were taken by Mercy Air Lifeline to Mercy Hospital in Springfield. The other passenger, William Dettman, 47, was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital.

Four Highway Patrol troopers, Jasper County Sheriff's Department deputies, and the MODOT Emergency Response Team were on the scene.

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