44-year-old driver and four passengers, ages 10-17, all injured when driver allegedly falls asleep at wheel and crashes car off of Highway 67 near Valles Mines, Missouri
Six from Arkansas, including five juveniles, hurt in early morning accident on Hwy. 67
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that Kathleen Diong, 44, of Kensett, Ark., was driving a 2008 Dodge Durango north on Hwy. 67 south of Hwy. V at 4:10 a.m. when she fell asleep, and the Dodge ran off the left side of the road.
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