JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports two Perryville teens were taken to Mercy Hospital Perry following a traffic crash on Highway 51 north of Perry County Road 706 late Thursday afternoon.
The patrol reports the 17-year-olds were in a 2012 Ford Fusion which attempted to pass a slow-moving farm implement and went out of control. The car traveled off the left side of the roadway and overturned.
The patrol said the driver had moderate injuries, while the passenger had minor injuries.
The report says the driver was buckled up, but the passenger was not.
The Fusion was a total loss and was removed by Boyd’s Towing.