TEXAS MAN DIES; 11 INJURED IN AREA ACCIDENTS

A Texas man was killed, and 11 people were injured in two separate accidents Wednesday along Southeast Missouri highways. Both accidents were investigated by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Travis Holder, 37, of Karnack, Texas, was killed after being thrown from his vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the accident scene.

Linda Whiteley, 29, also of Karnack, also thrown from the vehicle was injured.

It was unclear which of the two had been driving, according to patrol reports. The vehicle with Holder and Whiteley in it had exited from Route U in Pemiscot County to Interstate 55 and failed to stop at a stop sign. The vehicle was hit by a vehicle driven by William Palmer, 42, of Kennett. It then overturned on the guard rail, throwing them from the vehicle. The accident happened about five miles south of Hayti.

Holder's body was taken to Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti. Whiteley was taken by helicopter to Elvis Presley Trauma Center in Memphis, Tenn.

Palmer was taken by ambulance to Twin Rivers Hospital in Kennett. His son, William Palmer Jr., 16, who had been a passenger, was taken by helicopter to Memphis also. Brett Palmer, 14, was taken to the Kennett hospital.

An accident three miles east of New Madrid injured seven people Wednesday morning.

Jorge Moralez, 22, of East Prairie was seriously injured when he attempted to make a left turn and turned into the path of a vehicle driven by Ron Murphy, 28, of New Madrid. The accident happened at Routes WW and P.

Moralez was taken by helicopter to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

Also injured were Mateo Rodriguez, 21, Gregoria Ramero, 50, Juan Rodriguez, 49, and Jose Gonzales, 23.

All were from East Prairie and had been passengers in the vehicle driven by Moralez. They were taken by ambulance to Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Murphy and his passenger, Stacy Murphy, 24, of New Madrid, were treated at Missouri Delta Medical Center.