JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a 91-year-old Uniontown man was seriously injured in a traffic crash on Highway 61 in Perry County Saturday afternoon.
The patrol says Robert W. Thomas was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau by ambulance.
The patrol says Thomas was the driver of a northbound 2012 Toyota Highlander which ran off the right side of the roadway, struck an embankment and came to rest in the ditch.
The crash happened about 4:23 p.m. two miles south of Old Appleton.
The patrol says Thomas was buckled up.