Bonne Terre, MO – On July 22, 2025, at approximately 10:15 pm, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a single car accident on Berry Rd near Shannon Rd. According to the MSHP, a 2020 Buick Encore being driven by a 26-year-old female from Bonne Terre was traveling southbound on Berry Rd. The driver was going too fast for the road conditions and failed to negotiate a turn in the road. The vehicle traveled off the roadway and hit a guardrail. It was deflected back onto the roadway and traveled off the opposite side of the road and flipped over. The driver was then ejected from the vehicle.

The 26-year-old female was transported by the air evac helicopter to Mercy Hospital in St. Louis with serious injuries.

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Paul Barnard is the editor of the Twin City News. Barnard Graduated from Norwich University, America's oldest private military college, with a B.S. in Communications and Media Technology. There he studied journalism and marketing. For years after, Barnard was in law enforcement and gained experience in the Special Investigations Unit and publishing all the department's press releases. As Barnard's family grew, he moved on to start Twin City News.

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