Around 1:15 p.m. yesterday afternoon a Butler couple and their relatives received minor injuries in a two car accident southwest of Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. According to the report, Boyde and Alberta Piland of Butler were passengers in a 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche that was struck by another vehicle on route AB, two miles west of Laquey.
Other passengers in the Piland vehicle included the driver, Leah Piland and passenger Dana Bridgewater, both of Richmond, Mo. All were treated at St. John's Hospital in Lebanon, Mo.
The driver of the other vehicle was William Bales, 16, of Laquey, Mo., who received serious injuries and was flown by medical helicopter to a hospital in Springfield, Mo.
