MERCER COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 10a.m. Monday in Mercer County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2025 Western Star dump truck driven by a Louisana, Missouri, man was westbound on U.S. 136 one mile west of Ravana. The vehicle traveled off the right side of the road. The driver overcorrected and the dump truck skidded across the center line, traveled off the left side of the road, overturned, struck a fence and utility pole.
Mercer County EMS transported the driver to Harrison County Community Hospital. He was properly restrained, according to the MSHP. The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims.