Sunday, February 8, 2015

Teen injured in accident near LaRussell, driver flees the scene

A Willard teen was injured in a one-vehicle accident 1:30 a.m.today on Route F, two miles west of LaRussell.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 1993 Chevrolet Suburban driven by David G. Axtell, 21, Fair Grove, was involved in a pursuit traveling east on Route F, the vehicle failed to negotiate a curve, ran off the right side of the road and overturned. Axtell fled the scene and was not located.

A passenger in the Axtell vehicle, Alyssa R. Polacoff, 18, Willard, was treated for minor injuries at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin.


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