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Tarkio man seriously injured in single vehicle wreck

(KLZA)-- A 20-year-old Tarkio, Missouri man suffered what the Missouri State Patrol described as serious injuries in a single-vehicle wreck just after 2 on Tuesday afternoon.

The wreck occurred on US-59 Highway approximately a quarter mile south of Tarkio when a Ford Expedition was headed south on 59 Highway and started to skid. The driver overcorrected, crossed the center line, returned to the southbound lane then off the west side of the road where the vehicle overturned and came to rest on its wheels in a field.

The driver who was the only occupant was transported to the Fairfax Community Hospital by the Atchison-Holt Ambulance District.

The Atchison County Sheriff's Department assisted at the scene of the wreck.

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