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Two Chariton Co. children seriously injured in ATV crash

Missouri State Highway Patrol crest. — MSHP

By Meghan Drakas

Published September 12, 2021 10:32 AM

CHARITON, Co. (KMIZ)

Two children in Chariton County were seriously injured in an ATV crash on Saturday night.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Report, a five-year-old boy was driving a Honda 500 TRX ATV along Zion Ave., when he lost control of the ATV and it overturned. The crash threw both the five-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl off the vehicle. The report states the boy was driving too fast for the road conditions.

Both the boy and girl were seriously injured in the crash and flown to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.

Both children are from Mendon, Missouri.

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Meghan Drakas

Meghan joined ABC 17 News in January 2021.
The Penn State grad is from the Philadelphia suburbs where she interned with several local TV stations.

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