Two Elizabeth residents were involved in a motorcycle crash Saturday morning in the Missouri bootheel. Sixty-two-year-old Letha Martin was pronounced dead at the scene, and 62-year-old Carl Martin was transported by ambulance to Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould with moderate injuries.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Carl Martin was the driver of a motorcycle on U.S. Highway 412 in Dunklin County, and Letha Martin was his passenger. They were nearly three miles west of Cardwell when the motorcycle reportedly crossed the center line, ran off the left side of the roadway and struck a tree.
The motorcycle was totaled in the 8:05 a.m. accident.
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