Aug 20, 2020

Missouri man airlifted to hospital after ATV accident

Posted Aug 20, 2020 9:00 AM

GRUNDY COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 8:30p.m. Wednesday in Grundy County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a Honda TRX 500 driven by Ralph E. Turley, 45, Independence, was westbound on Route O three miles east of Tindall.

The ATV traveled off the south side of the road, overturned and both occupants were ejected.

Life Flight transported Turley to Truman Medical Center. A passenger Sarah C. Whitt, 33, Trenton, refused treatment at the scene. They were not wearing helmets, according to the MSHP.