Sep 26, 2023

2 Mo. teens injured after driver swerves to avoid a deer

Posted Sep 26, 2023 10:45 AM

DEKALB COUNTY—Two people were inured in an accident just before 9p.m. Monday in DeKalb County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Ford Escort driven by a 17-year-old Union Star boy was eastbound on MO-6 one mile west of Highway J seven miles west of Maysville.

The vehicle traveled off the road to avoid a deer and struck a fence.  A relative transported the driver to Mosaic Life Care. DeKalb-Clinton Ambulance transported a 14-year-old male passenger to Mosaic. Both were properly restrained, according to the  MSHP.