13-year-old hits tree while driving with adult, another child as passengers on state highway

BENTON COUNTY, Mo. (KCTV) - A man and two children were hospitalized Friday after one of the children crashed a car into a tree, a report states.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 6:24 p.m. on June 20 on a rural state highway north of the Lake of the Ozarks.

According to a report, a 13-year-old boy was driving a 2005 Saturn north on State Highway B when he crossed the center of the road and hit a tree. His passengers were a 38-year-old man and an 11-year-old girl, all three from Sedalia, Missouri.

MSHP said they were all wearing seatbelts, but the children sustained moderate injuries while the man was seriously injured. He was airlifted to a hospital in Columbia, Missouri, for further treatment.

The Saturn was totaled in the accident.

There is no further word on possible charges associated with this incident. None of the occupants’ names were released.

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