(SALEM) The investigation is continuing into a Monday evening single vehicle traffic crash at around 5:45 that occurred along the Route 161 Extension at the Slapout Curve, south of Iuka, in Marion County. Authorities report 39 year old Brandon Blackburn of rural Iuka initially ran his pickup truck off the north side of the road, then crossed back across the payment to the south side before going back north of the road and rolling over several times, ejecting Blackburn from the truck. Marion County deputies, emergency personnel, and Iuka firemen responded to the crash. Blackburn was airlifted to a St. Louis Hospital.
