Around 12:20 today Roy Fleischer, 75, of Butler received minor injuries in a single car accident on 71 highway just North of the Maris Des Cygnes river bridge. Fleischer was Northbound in a 1998 Chevrolet pickup that traveled off the left side of the roadway, overcorrected, returned to the right side of the roadway, striking a guard rail causing the vehicle to overturn.
He was taken to Bates County Memorial hospital for treatment. The MSHP report indicates that Fleischer was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident; the vehicle was totaled and towed from the scene.
