Accident claims lives – Daily Journal Online

A young man from Farmington was killed in a car accident early Saturday morning.

According to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports, 24-year-old Joshua D. Zaricor veered off Trap Rock Road at 3:50 a.m. and struck a tree and then a house. He was not wearing safety equipment. He was pronounced dead at the scene by St. Francois County Coroner Jason Coplin at 4:16 a.m.

The vehicle, a 2015 GMC Sierra, was a total loss and was towed from the scene by Marler's Towing.

In a one-vehicle accident, the driver suffered minor injuries, according to reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

David J. Doyle, 37, of Bismarck, suffered minor injuries when the vehicle he was driving westbound on Pimville Road near the Harris Branch Trail Head left the roadway and went off the right side of the road at 12:14 a.m. Friday morning. Doyle oversteered, went off the left side of the road and rolled several times. It is unknown if he was wearing a safety device.

Doyle was taken by St. Francois County ambulance to Parkland Health Center in Farmington.

The vehicle, a 1997 Ford Ranger, was a total loss and was towed from the scene by Buckley Towing.

Michael J. Cooperwood, 32, of Doe Run, suffered serious injuries in a car accident Saturday evening at 6:55 p.m.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that the vehicle Cooperwood was traveling westbound on Route DD failed to negotiate a curve to the right. Cooperwood's vehicle crossed the center of the road, began to slide, and went off the left side of the road. It then returned to the road, crossed the center of the road again, and went off the right side of the road. As it left the road, the vehicle spun clockwise, rolled over, and struck a barbed wire fence and two trees before coming to a stop.

Cooperwood suffered serious injuries and was taken by helicopter to Mercy Hospital in St. Louis.

The vehicle, a 2008 Hyundai Elantra, was declared a total loss and was towed from the scene by Boyd's Towing.