Hopkins Teenager Injured In One-Vehicle Accident

A Hopkins teenager was injured following a one-vehicle accident near Hopkins Monday evening.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the 15-year-old female was driving northbound on Katydid road, 2 miles north of Hopkins, and went off the side of the roadway. The vehicle struck a tree. The vehicle eventually went off the side of the roadway and struck a ditch.

The accident took place at 5pm Monday evening. The driver was initially taken to Mosaic Medical Center in Maryville before being transferred to Children’s Mercy Hospital.