ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, MO – A man from Park Hills is recovering in the hospital after colliding with a tree on MO-221 Thursday evening.
According to the official crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred in the northbound lanes of MO-221 just south of Henson Road at about 7:45 p.m.
Troopers at the scene say 34-year-old Bruce Ritch II lost control of his 2000 Buick Lesabre and traveled off the side of the roadway, colliding with a tree.
Ritch was transported via ambulance to Parkland Health Center Farmington in serious condition.
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