ANDREW COUNTY—Five St. Joseph teenagers were injured, four seriously, in a one-car crash just west of Savannah late Friday night.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a 17-year-old St. Joseph boy lost control of his car while driving west at the intersection of U.S. 59 and U.S. 71 two miles west of Savannah around 11 o'clock Friday night.
The car crossed the center of the road, traveled off the south side of U.S. 59, down an embankment, and struck a traffic sign. The car returned to the road, began to slide, went of the south side of the highway again, and down an embankment, turning over on the driver's side.
Buchanan County EMS transported the driver to Mosaic Life Care. Andrew County EMS transported three 17-year-old St. Joseph boys and a 15-year-old St. Joseph girl to Mosaic.
Three of the boys and the girl suffered serious injuries, according to the patrol with the driver, the only one wearing a seat belt, suffering moderate injuries.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol does not release the identity of juveniles.
This article has been updated since first published.