3 teens injured after car flips through barbed wire fence in rural Missouri

GRUNDY CO., Mo. (KCTV) – A car that flipped through a barbed wire fence left one teenage girl in critical condition while two other teens sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol indicates that around 8:20 p.m. on Saturday, July 13, emergency crews were called to an area of Route A about 6 miles northwest of Trenton, Mo., with reports of a single-vehicle collision.

When first responders arrived, they said they found a 2009 Toyota Matrix driven by a 16-year-old girl with two other passengers, all of whom were from Trenton, Mo., had been headed north on the roadway when the driver failed to negotiate a curve.

Troopers said the car veered off the road to the north and flipped through a barbed wire fence before it landed on its wheels on the north side of the road. A 14-year-old female passenger was thrown through the passenger side window in the process.

First responders said the 14-year-old was taken via Life-Flight to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City with serious injuries. Another 15-year-old passenger was taken to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton by ambulance. She had serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

MSHP also said the driver sustained minor injuries but refused medical treatment at the scene. No further information has been released.

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