A 17-year-old boy from De Soto was injured in a single-vehicle accident May 7 on Jarvis Road east of Hillsboro.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that the teenager was driving a 2000 Ford Explorer east on Jarvis Road east of Zion Lutheran Church Road at 11:15 p.m. when the Ford hit a dirt embankment and began to overturn before coming to rest on the road.
The teen was moderately injured and was taken by Joachim-Plattin Ambulance to Mercy Hospital South in south St. Louis County, the report said.
An update on his condition was not available.
The teen was not wearing a seatbelt, the report said; the Ford was totaled in the accident.
The Highway Patrol does not release the names of juveniles who are involved in traffic accidents.