TRUCKS COLLIDE; DRIVER HURT

PERRYVILLE -- Two Illinois truck drivers were involved in an accident caused by ice-covered roads Friday afternoon.

Carry E. Cairnes, 33, of Sparta, Ill., was driving a tractor-trailer east on Route H just east of Highway 61 at around 5:15 p.m. Friday.

Paul A. Threadgill, 27, of Du Quoin, Ill., was westbound in his tractor-trailer on Route H when his trailer section slid on the ice-covered pavement and collided with Cairnes, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.

Cairnes' vehicle then left the roadway and struck a tree.

He was taken by ambulance to Perry County Hospital with minor injuries.