LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MO – An accident involving a UTV in Lafayette County sent two girls to the hospital last week, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The MSHP was called to the scene Thursday evening in the area of Dover Cemetery Road and South Mill Street shortly after 6 p.m.
State troopers learned that a 12-year-old girl from Dover, Missouri, was driving the UTV when she attempted to avoid an animal in the roadway, and the vehicle overturned.
The driver and her passenger, a 9-year-old girl from Lexington, Missouri, were seriously injured in the crash. The two were transported to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City for treatment.
It was not immediately clear whether they were utilizing safety devices.
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