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St. Joseph man hospitalized after van overturns

FAUCETT- A St. Joseph man was injured in an accident just after 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Buchanan County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Ford Windstar driven by Carmelino Gonzalez, 29, was northbound on MO 371 two miles south of Faucett. The vehicle traveled off of the right side of the road and struck a mailbox. The driver overcorrected back onto the road and traveled off the west side of the road, struck an embankment and overturned.

Gonzalez was transported to Heartland Regional Medical Center.

The MSHP reported he was properly restrained at the time of the accident.

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