12-Year-Old Boy Seriously Hurt in UTV Accident in Miller County

A 12-year-old from St. Elizabeth is seriously injured around 4:00 Friday afternoon  in a U-T-V accident on Kemna Bridge Road, near Washington Street, in Miller County.

The highway patrol says the youngster failed to negotiate a curve overcorrecting twice sending the UTV off the roadway where it struck an embankment and overturned.

The 12-year-old boy was not wearing a helmet and suffered serious injuries. He was flown to University Hospital.