May 17, 2021

2 NW Missouri teens injured in pickup crash

Posted May 17, 2021 9:30 PM

DAVIESS COUNTY—Two Missouri teens were injured in an accident just before 10p.m. Saturday in Daviess County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1995 GMC Sierra driven by a 16-year-old boy from Gallatin was northbound on 260th Street. 

The driver failed to negotiate a turn at Sunset Avenue. The pickup traveled off the north side of Sunset Avenue, struck an embankment and traveled into a ditch.

A private vehicle transported a 16-year-old female passenger from Gallatin and a 16-year-old male passenger from Pattonsburg to Cameron Regional Medical Center. The driver was not injured.  The passengers were not wearing seat belts, according to the MSHP.