(KLZA)-- An Omaha man was hospitalized in St. Joseph following a single vehicle wreck Sunday evening about 10:15 on U.S. Highway 159 approximately five miles north of Forrest City, Missouri.
The Missouri Highway Patrol reported 74-year-old Charles Cornwell was northbound on U.S. 159 and traveled off the east side of the road ans struck a guard rail before traveling down an embankment and struck a concrete bridge support column before the car came to rest on its top.
Cornwell was transported by the Atchison-Holt EMS with what were described as serious injuries. The car was totaled.
The Holt County Sheriff's Department assisted at the scene of the wreck.
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