One teenager was killed and another was seriously hurt when a car went off a road in far northeast Missouri, striking a tree, and overturning. Fatally injured was the driver, 18-year-old Damon Krogmeier of Kahoka. A passenger, 18-year-old Logan Claiborne, also of Kahoka, was taken to Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois with serious injuries. The […]
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Accident near Plattsburg, involving alleged high speed, underage drinking, injures Trimble teenager
A boy from Trimble received what the Highway Patrol called serious injuries on Monday night in an accident two miles east of Plattsburg. Fourteen year old Quintin Allen was taken by ambulance to the Liberty Hospital. Allen was a passenger in a car driven by 18 year old Cierra McQuinn of Cameron who apparently was not […]
Chillicothe teen hurt in rollover crash on LIV Road 520
The highway patrol reports a Chillicothe teenager received minor injuries in a rollover accident last night ten miles west of Chillicothe. Sixteen-year-old Jada Bennett was taken by ambulance to Hedrick Medical Center. Ms. Bennett was driving eastbound when the car began to skid on LIV Road 520, she overcorrected, causing the car to begin to […]
Chula teenager injured when car slides off icy roadway
A boy from Chula was injured Tuesday afternoon when the car he was driving went off a lettered road after traveling over an ice patch. Sixteen-year-old Ash Chappell of Chula was taken by private vehicle to Hedrick Medical Center with minor injuries. Chappell was northbound on Route V when he over-corrected after hitting a patch […]
Dawn teenager injured in Sunday crash southwest of Chillicothe
A teenager from Dawn was injured Sunday afternoon in an accident five miles southwest of Chillicothe. The highway reports 16-year-old Michael Koehl received minor injuries and was taken by emergency medical services to Hedrick Medical Center. He was using a seat belt. The teenager was westbound when the vehicle he was driving failed to make […]
Unionville teen hurt in Sunday rollover crash
A Unionville teenager received minor injuries in a rollover crash Sunday afternoon in Adair County. Seventeen-year-old Jerry Gibson was taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The Highway Patrol reports Gibson was southbound when the pickup he was driving went off Highway 63, traveled down an embankment, and overturned. The vehicle was demolished in […]
Audio: Study says fatality crashes climb to 51% when a teenager is driving with teenage passengers
A study by the triple-A Traffic Safety Foundation finds that when a teenage driver crashes with teenage passengers inside, the chance of someone dying dramatically increases. Tiffany Wright with the auto club says the information is shocking. The study says when a teenage driver crashes a vehicle with teenage passengers inside, the chance of […]
Two Cameron teens charged with theft of firearms
Cameron Police report two teenagers from Cameron have been arrested and charged in connection with the alleged theft of firearms stolen from a motor vehicle. Police officers and detectives at Cameron responded to the scene Tuesday on Cornhill Street, contacted possible suspects and recovered the stolen weapons. Facing a felony charge of stealing a firearm […]
Meadville teen hurt in rollover crash
A Meadville girl was injured in a rollover traffic accident near her hometown Thursday afternoon and another Meadville teen escaped injury in the 4:10 Thursday accident one mile to the west of Meadville. Sixteen-year-old Emily Gray received minor injuries and was taken by a private auto to the Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. The driver of […]
First Impact driving program to be presented in Chillicothe for teenagers and parents
Parents, are you approaching the intersection of teenagers and driving? Driving is a huge responsibility and knowing how to help your teen become a safe, new driver is often difficult. But First Impact is here to give you some tools to make that road a bit easier. First Impact: Chillicothe High School – Performing Arts […]
Trenton teen injured in early morning crash at Thompson River bridge
A Trenton teenager was injured in a traffic accident this morning at the Thompson River bridge, one mile to the west of Trenton. Sixteen-year-old Alexis Palmer was transported by private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. Palmer was eastbound on Highway 6 when an express van had slowed down due to a crash […]
Teenager withdraws not guilty plea, changes plea to guilty in manslaughter case in Mercer County
A Mercer teen has pleaded guilty to felony charges stemming from an accident last year that claimed the life of a Lineville resident. Court information indicates 17-year-old Elijah Mandich entered a plea of guilty in Mercer County to first-degree involuntary manslaughter and damage to jail property. Mandich was remanded to the custody of the Mercer County […]
Harris teenager hurt in crash that demolishes car on Route E
A car driven by a Harris teenager traveled off a Sullivan County route, struck a fence, and overturned Monday night at 10:15 pm demolishing the car. The highway patrol reports 16-year-old Kortney Banner of Harris was taken by an ambulance to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan with minor injuries. Banner was wearing a seat […]
Four Milan teenagers hurt in Schuyler County crash
Four girls from a Milan family received minor injuries in a single-vehicle accident early Thursday evening in western Schuyler County. Sixteen-year-old Tahli Salgado-Gray was driving eastbound on Highway 136 when according to the highway patrol, she lost control of the car after the drivers’ side tire blew out. The car struck a bridge before coming […]
North Central Missouri Mental Health Center of Trenton to offer free parenting classes
A series of free parenting classes will start at the North Central Missouri Mental Health Center of Trenton next week. Classes will meet on Tuesday afternoons from 1 to 3 o’clock September 4th through October 9th. Topics will include parenting 101 and building relationships, infants and toddlers, handling misbehavior and focusing on children ages five […]
Two teens injured, one life-flighted, in crash south of Kirksville
Teenagers from Novinger and Kirksville were injured Tuesday evening when a car left Route H, one mile south of Kirksville. The highway patrol reports the accident caused a passenger to be ejected from the car when it struck a ditch, became airborne, and struck the ground demolishing the vehicle. Seventeen-year-old Andrew Head of Kirksville was […]
Bucklin teen hurt in single-vehicle crash
The highway patrol reports a Bucklin teenager received minor injuries when the eastbound car she was driving went off Highway 36, struck a ditch, and overturned. Sixteen-year-old Lily King was transported by an ambulance to Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. The car received moderate damage in the accident one mile west of Brookfield Wednesday afternoon. The […]
Audio: Northwest Missouri teen accused of hanging, killing pet dog
(Missourinet) – A northwest Missouri teenager faces felony charges for allegedly hanging a dog this year from a tree and killing the pet. Nodaway County Prosecuting Attorney Robert Rice tells Missourinet affiliate KMA in Shenandoah, Iowa that 17-year-old Lincoln Pope of Pickering is accused of torturing and mutilating a family dog and wrapping a cable […]
Three dead, ten injured when church van crashes north of Bolivar
Three teenagers from the Kansas side of the Kansas City area were killed and ten others hurt when a church van had a tire blow-out and crashed north of Bolivar in southwest Missouri. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 14-year-old girl from Louisburg, Kansas, a 16-year-old boy from Olathe, Kansas, and a 17-year-old […]
Two teenagers injured after forage harvester strikes car east of Hamilton
The Highway Patrol reports two area teens sustained minor injuries after a forage harvester struck a car one mile east of Hamilton Friday afternoon. Forty-six-year-old Michael Sweiger of Weatherby drove the forage harvester east on the shoulder and driving lane of U. S. Highway 36 west of Sunset Road, and 18-year-old Phillip Davis of Kingston […]