Sep 27, 2023

2 Missouri boys injured after SUV strikes a go-kart

Posted Sep 27, 2023 10:00 AM

LIVINGSTON COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just before 5:30p.m. Tuesday in Livingston County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1998 Ford Expedition driven by Justin T. Haddakin, 30, Wheeling, was southbound on North Grant Street at 3rd Street in Wheeling.

The SUV struck a westbound Coleman Go-Kart driven by a 14-year-old Wheeling boy that failed to stop at the stop sign.

Chillicothe EMS transported the 14-year-old driver and a 9-year-old male passenger in the Go-Kart to Hedrick Medical Center.  Haddakin was properly restrained and not injured. The juveniles were not wearing helmets, according to the MSHP.