Van Buren teen seriously injured in traffic crash in Ste. Genevieve County

JEFFERSON CITY — A 17-year-old girl from Van Buren was seriously injured Friday afternoon in a traffic crash on Route O in Ste. Genevieve County.

 

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the juvenile was taken to St. Louis University Hospital by an Air Evac helicopter.

 

The patrol says the crash happened when the 2014 Jeep Patriot the girl was driving north on Route O ran off the right side of the road and overturned.

 

The crash happened about 2:20 p.m. at Lakewood Drive.

 

The patrol says the girl was unrestrained.

 

The Patriot was a total loss.