Joplin, MO : Three motorists injured in area accidents on Monday, March 20th 2017

Two Wentworth residents were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 6 a.m. Monday on Missouri Highway 97, about 2 miles north of Pierce City in Lawrence County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

One of the drivers involved, Toby B. Raley, 22, and his passenger, Trenton Liggett, 15, were taken to Freeman Hospital West in Joplin.

Their northbound pickup truck crossed the centerline and struck a southbound pickup truck head-on. The driver of the other truck, Nathaniel R. Lopez, 37, of Rocky Comfort, escaped injury, according to the patrol report.

• A Diamond man suffered minor injuries in a single-vehicle accident at 2 a.m. Monday on Lime Kiln Road, 5 miles north of Neosho in Newton County, the state patrol said.

Christopher L. Hertzberg, 21, was taken to an urgent care clinic in Joplin.

He was driving a southbound vehicle that ran off the road on a curve and struck a tree, the patrol said.

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Three motorists injured in area accidents