According to Troop G of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 16-year-old Thayer teen was seriously injured in an ATV accident Tuesday afternoon.
The Highway Patrol report states the male teen’s vehicle ran off the road and struck a tree. The teen was ejected from the ATV. He was flown by air ambulance to a Springfield hospital.
The accident happened on county road 393, two miles west of Thayer.
The Patrol does not provide names of minors.