18-year-old driver injured in Knox County crash

KNOX COUNTY, MO – An 18-year-old Hurdland driver was injured in a single-vehicle crash on Missouri 6 on Tuesday afternoon.

Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Aaron M. Herron was traveling west on Missouri 6 in a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt. The vehicle traveled off the right side of the road, hit a bridge, and overturned about a mile east of Edina around 3:15 p.m.

Herron was transported to Scotland County Hospital for minor injuries. He was not wearing a seat belt.

The Chevrolet was totaled.

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