St. Louis woman slightly injured in rural Bates county accident

According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, a 26 year old woman from St. Louis sustained minor injuries on Thursday when the 2007 Saturn she was driving left the roadway to avoid collision with a skid steer on 52 highway near county road 6285.

According to the report, the driver of the skid steer elected to leave the scene of the accident before authorities arrived. The highway patrol was assisted on scene by the Bates County Sheriff's Office.

The MSHP no longer provides names of victims in publicly available accident reports.