The Reporter newspaper, Camdenton Missouri

The Reporter covers Miller, Morgan and Camden County in Central Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks and is published once per week on Wednesdays.

Published April 10, 2024

Girl injured in rollover

LAKE OF THE OZARKS – A 13-year-old girl from Lebanon was seriously injured in a utility vehicle accident on Sunday March 31.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) at 4:58 p.m. one-half mile south of 126 Kinderhook County Road in Miller County, a 2021 Honda Pioneer Utility vehicle was being driven north by the juvenile when the vehicle went off the right side of the road, overturned, ejecting the driver and a male passenger, Troy Bowlin, 35, of Lebanon, MO.

Both suffered serious injuries and were taken to Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, MO, by ambulance. Neither was wearing a safety device.

Last Tuesday (April 2) a single-vehicle accident sent a Columbia, IL, man to the Hospital.

At 10:55 a.m., Dale Grogan, 74, of Columbia, IL, was driving a 2024 Chevrolet Equinox southbound on Route C south of Bridge A1952 in Miller County when he ran off the right side of the road, hit a chevron sign and came to rest in a ditch.

Grogan received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Lake Regional Hospital. He was wearing a seat belt. The vehicle was totaled in the crash.

Last Saturday at 5:17 p.m., Jennifer Herron, 46, of Stafford, MO, was driving a 2021 Kawasaki Teryx downhill on Seals Road in Versailles when the vehicle overturned.

Herron had moderate injuries and was flown by MU Air Care to University Hospital. She was wearing a safety device. The Kawasaki had minor damage.