Teen from Hale Injured as Vehicle Overturns

A teenage driver from Hale was injured in an accident in Carroll County.

Tuesday morning at 10:15, the Missouri Highway Patrol reports that the 16-year-old female was driving east on Route J when the vehicle left the roadway.

Just east of County Road 261, the vehicle went airborne and struck an embankment where it overturned and struck a tree where it came to rest on the driver’s side.

The driver was wearing a seatbelt and suffered a minor injury for which she sought treatment at the Carroll County Memorial Hospital.