13-year-old sustains serious injuries in Morgan County ATV crash

MORGAN COUNTY, MO – A 13-year-old sustained serious injuries in an ATV crash on Syracuse Road on Saturday morning.

Police report a 12-year-old male was traveling north on Syracuse Road in a 2018 Polaris Sportsman 450 ATV when he lost control of the vehicle in a curve. It traveled off the left side of the road and overturned about 1.5 miles south of US-50 around 11:30 a.m.

A 13-year-old male was transported to Capital Region. Neither boy was wearing a seat belt.

The ATV sustained minor damages.

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