ANDREW COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just after 5:30p.m. Thursday in Andrew County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Jeep Liberty driven by John F. Sowards, 42, Maryville, was northbound on U.S. 71 three miles north of Savannah.

The driver lost control on the ice and the jeep and skidded off the west side of the road and onto the passenger side.
Andrew County EMS transported a passenger Minurva A. Sowards, 78, to Mosaic Life Care.

The driver was not injured. Both were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the MSHP.