Jul 08, 2020

St. Joseph teen hospitalized after car strikes embankment

Posted Jul 08, 2020 9:00 AM

ANDREW COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 10:30p.m. Tuesday in Andrew County.

The Missouri Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Pontiac G8 driven by a 16-year-old St. Joseph girl was northbound on U.S. 169 at County Line Road just north of St. Joseph.

The driver lost control of the car and it started to skid. The car traveled off the road and struck an embankment.

A private vehicle transported the girl to Mosaic Life Care. She was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.