Crime & Safety

Eureka Residents Injured in Overturned Car Crash

Two Eureka residents were traveling along Route PP Monday morning when the driver lost control and overturned the car.

Two Eureka residents were injured in a car accident Monday at 7:05 a.m.

Milton Barratta, 27, was driving northbound on Route PP, just south of Old Little Antire in Jefferson County, at a high rate or speed when he lost control of the car and drove off the road before overturning the car, stated a Missouri State Highway Patrol report.

Barratta and his passenger, Barbara Parker, 48, sustained minor injuries in the accident. Both were taken to St. Anthony's Hospital by a Jefferson County ambulance crew. 

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Barratta was not wearing a safety belt, however Parker was, according to authorities.

Barratta's 1995 Mitsubishi Gallant sustained extensive damage, the highway patrol reported. 

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