Thursday, May 16, 2019

Flat tire on 171 causes truck to crash into rock bluff, Joplin man injured

A Joplin man was injured in a one-vehicle accident 7:15 a.m. today on MO 171, a half mile north of Carthage.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a Ford F-350 driven by Jeffrey J. Mails, 63, Joplin, had a flat tire, traveled off the left side of the road through the median crossing the northbound lanes and striking a rock wall.

A passenger, Thomas M. Watkins, 36, Joplin, was treated for moderate injuries at Mercy Hospital, Joplin.

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