Passersby stop to see how they can help as Burk climbs to safety from the overturned vehicle. --Photos by Julie Righter and Rusty Murry/Daily Mail
A truck and trailer hauling junk cars and traveling in the westbound lane overturned on U.S. Highway 54 near Highway T west of Deerfield on Monday morning. According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the vehicle, a 2004 Ford pickup driven by 35-year-old Bryan A. Burk, of Fort Scott, Kan., ran off the right side of the roadway and overturned. No other vehicles were involved, other than the ones on the trailer. Burk suffered minor injuries and was transported to Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, for treatment.