Teen seriously injured after ATV rollover outside Wheeling

WHEELING, Mo. (KCTV) – A teenage girl was seriously injured after a Polaris ATV spun on a county road just outside Wheeling.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol indicates that on Thursday, October 24 around 2:00 PM, emergency services were called to the area of Liv 236 and Spring St. near Wheeling for reports of an ATV collision.

When first responders arrived, they said they discovered a 15-year-old girl driving a 2015 Polaris Ranger west on LIV 236 when the ATV began to slide sideways. The vehicle went off the south side of the road and into a ditch, landing on its passenger side.

State Troopers said a 14-year-old female who had been a passenger on the ATV was taken to Hedrick Medical Center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. NO further information has been released.