TWO MEN HURT IN CAR CRASHES

Two men were injured in separate automobile accidents Wednesday.

Daryl Lawrence, 29, of Poplar Bluff suffered minor injuries after he was struck by a car in the parking lot of Larry Hillis Dodge in Poplar Bluff.

Lawrence, who was taken to Lucy Lee Hospital, had bent over to pick up an item as Samuel Deur, 20, of Dexter backed his 1997 Plymouth out of a parking place on the lot. Deur's vehicle struck Lawrence in the head.

The accident happened at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

In a Cape Girardeau County accident, an Arkansas man suffered moderate injuries after his vehicle struck another on Interstate 55.

Delancy Clayton, 21, of Jonesboro, Ark., struck Murray Stanwood's vehicle in the rear as the two were northbound on the interstate about 11 miles north of Cape Girardeau.

Clayton was transported by ambulance to St. Francis Medical Center. His condition was not available.

Stanwood, 68, of Sanbia, Texas, was not injured.

The accident happened at 10:25 a.m. Wednesday.