(St. Louis, Mo.) A teenager from Perryville was flown to Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis after being involved in a one-vehicle accident Wednesday morning in Perry County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the accident took place westbound on Highway ‘P’, at County Road 316, when a Chevrolet Cobalt driven by 17-year-old Brandon Coffelt of Perryville traveled off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree.

Coffelt sustained serious injuries in the crash.

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