RAY COUNTY, MO – State troopers were called to the scene of an accident involving a UTV in Ray County that injured two people on Sunday afternoon.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s report, the crash happened on E. 200th Street at Route E.
The MSHP states that a 15-year-old girl was driving a 2023 Polaris Ranger XP1000 westbound at about 2:45 p.m. She was attempting to make a right-hand turn at the intersection when the vehicle overturned onto its driver’s side.
The driver, a resident of Higginsville, Missouri, was seriously injured and transported by Lifeflight Eagle and Ambulance to Children’s Mercy Hospital – Kansas City. The passenger, a 62-year-old man from Richmond, Missouri, was taken by private conveyance to Truman Medical Center – Kansas City with moderate injuries.
Neither occupant was wearing a safety device at the time of the crash.
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