Apr 15, 2025

Missouri man injured after car strikes utility pole, overturns

Posted Apr 15, 2025 10:00 AM

CLINTON COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just before 6p.m. Monday in Clinton County.

The Missouri State reported a 2014 Chevy Malibu driven by a 21-year-old Amity man was westbound on MO 116 at Route W two miles west of Lathrop.  The car crossed the center line on a curve. The driver braked and overcorrected. The car skidded off the north side of the road, struck a utility pole and overturned.

Tri-County ambulance transported the driver to Liberty Hospital. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP. The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims.