A 16-year-old girl from Crystal City was injured Wednesday night, Feb. 8, in a single-vehicle accident on Hwy. P south of Hillsboro Hematite Road between Festus and De Soto, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.
At 9:05 p.m., the teenager was driving a 1992 Chevrolet 1500 north on the highway when she traveled off the right side of the road and struck a tree, the report said.
The girl was moderately injured and taken by Joachim-Plattin Ambulance District to Mercy Hospital South in south St. Louis County.
According to the report, the teenager was not wearing a seat belt, and the vehicle was totaled.
The patrol did not release the driver’s name because she is a juvenile.