NewsAugust 20, 1997
Three people were injured in two separate accidents Tuesday. Dave Cline, 20, of Oriole was injured when he lost control of a 1990 Volkswagen and the vehicle overturned. At 3:25 p.m., Cline was driving northbound on Route V in Cape Girardeau County when he ran off the roadway and struck a utility pole. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol...

Three people were injured in two separate accidents Tuesday.

Dave Cline, 20, of Oriole was injured when he lost control of a 1990 Volkswagen and the vehicle overturned.

At 3:25 p.m., Cline was driving northbound on Route V in Cape Girardeau County when he ran off the roadway and struck a utility pole. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

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Cline was being treated for his injuries in the emergency room at Southeast Hospital at presstime.

A Morley woman's 1993 Mercury went out of control on wet pavement and overturned at 2:10 p.m.

Sandra Lawless, 24, and her infant daughter, Starr, were treated and released at Southeast Hospital.

Lawless was wearing a seat belt and her daughter was restrained in a child car seat, according to the highway patrol.

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