SIKESTON -- A Sikeston teenager was seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident Thursday in New Madrid County.
According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 5:20 p.m. on U.S. Highway 60, two miles west of Sikeston, as southbound motorist Daniel J. Lane, 17, of Sikeston attempted to cross the road and was struck by the westbound vehicle driven by Larry F. Spradley, 65, of Poplar Bluff.
Lane was air evacuated to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Spradley was reportedly uninjured.