Flat Tire Causes Injury Accident in Clinton County

A man was injured in Clinton County after a flat tire caused an accident.

The Missouri Highway Patrol reports 74-year-old Frank E. Falco was driving a truck on MO-33, two miles south of Lathrop.

At 1:50 pm Monday, he was northbound when a tire went flat and the vehicle crossed the center of the roadway. Falco overcorrected and traveled off the east side of the roadway where the vehicle overturned coming to rest on its wheels.

Falco was taken by Tri-County Ambulance to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries.