Juvenile dies in UTV accident

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), a 15-year-old female juvenile is dead and one 16-year-old and 15-year-old female juvenile were injured after being ejected from their UTV.

The accident happened at 8 p.m. Wednesday (3/24). Three female juveniles were heading southbound on County Road 563, eight miles east of Winona when the UTV began to skid and overturned. All three occupants were ejected.

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The driver, a 15-year-old female juvenile, was pronounced dead at the scene. Both passengers were taken by ambulance to the Mercy Hospital in Mt. View, Missouri with moderate injuries.

MSHP does not provide names of juveniles in their official reports.

Troop G of the MSHP reports this as the 9th fatality accident of 2021.

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