Iolan Raymond Sutterby is “trudging along,” said his son, Dayton, of injuries he suffered in a traffic accident south of Girard Saturday afternoon. He is in Freeman Hospital, Joplin.
Richard Sigg, 59, Carlyle, died in the crash, in which the vehicle he was driving collided with a pickup truck on K-7. David Redfern, 66, Iola, also a passenger in Sigg’s vehicle, was released from Freeman Hospital late Wednesday night.
“David is bruised from end to end,” Dayton Sutterby said. “They sent him home to heal.”
The pickup truck’s driver, Shawn Adam Garbin, 39, Girard, was taken to Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg.
Raymond Sutterby, 62, had surgery this week to align and stabilize six cracked ribs on his left side.
“They plated five of them so they would grow back together correctly,” said Dayton. “He’s in a little more pain (after surgery) but he’s breathing better.”
Dayton said a ventilator had been inserted and “the way I understand it, he’s breathing about 50 percent on his own.”
In addition to surgery for rib repair, a procedure was performed to “clean out debris and bacteria from the upper lobe of his right lung, which had collapsed,” Dayton said. “He’s had several MRIs and they’re not going to deal much with (damage to) his neck vertebra until he’s stronger.”
Sutterby is being treated in the hospital’s intensive care unit.
“We sure appreciate everyone’s concern and their prayers,” Dayton added.
Injury update on local accident
