An accident investigated east of Galt Thursday morning sent two men to Wright Memorial Hospital for treatment of their injuries.
According to Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper A.D. Neighbors, the driver of the vehicle, 33-year-old Eliezer Santiago of Milan, was westbound on Highway 6 at about 8 a.m., when he lost control of his 1995 Ford pickup truck on the frost-covered roadway. He travelled off the north side of the road, struck an embankment and a tree before coming to rest. The vehicle sustained extensive damage.
Santiago and his passenger, Ruiz Osvaldo of Ponce, Puerto Rico, were both taken by Grundy County EMS to Wright Memorial Hospital with injuries that were described as moderate. Neither man was wearing a seat belt.
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