Two Baxter Springs, Kansas teens were injured in a one-vehicle accident 4:25 p.m. Thursday on Apricot Drive, two miles north of Joplin.
According to the Highway Patrol report, a 1996 Dodge pickup driven by Natalie Y. Atkinson, 16, Baxter Springs, drove off the right side of the road, overcorrected, returned to the road, overcorrected again, drove off the right side of the road and overturned.
Two passengers, Brelyn Blue, 16, and Austin K. Hebert, 16, both of Baxter Springs, were treated for serious injuries at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, and Freeman West Hospital, Joplin, respectively. The report indicates that neither was wearing a seat belt.
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