Two Belle men injured in fiery car crash

Two Belle men were injured in a one-vehicle accident at 6 p.m. Thursday on Route D, south of County Road 701 in Osage County.

According to the Missouri Highway Patrol report, a 1998 Ford Explorer, driven southbound by Richard L. Carbaugh, 47, traveled off the left side of the road, over-corrected and went off the right side of the road, overturning and coming to rest in a field. The vehicle then caught fire and burned.

Carbaugh and a passenger, Shawn M. Stubblefield, 34, were taken to Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla.

Neither was wearing a seat belt.

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