A Festus girl was hurt Monday evening (April 22) when she was swimming in Plattin Creek at the area called the Slab south of Festus and got pulled into a drainage pipe, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.
At 5:55 p.m., Shannon D. Kerz, 14, entered the creek at a low-water crossing and got swept into the drainage pipe and then ejected out the other side of it. Bystanders helped get her out of the water, the report said.
Kerz had minor injuries and was taken by Joachim-Plattin Ambulance to Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Crystal City, according to the report.