Two injured in crashes

Two people were injured in separate auto crashes Wednesday in Ozark County.

A Bakersfield man, 33-year-old Jeremy B. Bean was injured in a one-vehicle accident Wednesday evening on V Highway about three miles north of Bakersfield. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report stated Bean's 2001 Dodge truck left the roadway and struck a fence post. The vehicle was totaled in the 5:15 p.m. accident. Bean was taken to Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Ark., with moderate injuries.

Earlier in the day Wednesday on Highway 181 about 8 miles north of Gainesville, a van driven by 51-year-old Patsy Saxton of Licking failed to negotiate a curve and overturned. She was transported to the Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains with minor injuries.

Her van was totaled in the 11:05 a.m. accident.

<p>This van rollover crash on Highway 181 north of Gainesville was one of two injury accidents Wednesday in Ozark County.</p>