CAPE GIRARDEAU - Two Dexter residents were seriously injured Friday when they were involved in a one-vehicle accident.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident, which was reported at 10 a.m., occurred as Curtis W. Lowery, 89, was driving north on County Road 205 in Cape County, one and a half miles south of Cape Girardeau. Lowery's vehicle slid off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree.
Lowery and passenger Norma J. Ezell, 74, were taken by ambulance to St. Francis Medical Center.