Shortly after 9 am this morning, a westbound 2007 Chevy Impala driven by a 17 year old Joplin man left the right side of the roadway and struck a ditch along route D highway about a mile east of Passaic.
The unnamed driver was transported to Bates County Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor injuries; the vehicle was totaled and towed from the scene.
Due to a policy change, the MSHP no longer provides names of victims in publicly available accident reports. Hardcopy detailed reports are available from the MSHP at a cost of $6 with an unknown delivery time due to a severe backlog, according to the MSHP website.
