4 hurt when 15-year-old driver crashes

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

WARRENTON, Mo. (AP) — Four children are recovering from injuries after an eastern Missouri accident involving a 15-year-old driver.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 15-year-old Chassiddy Allen of St. Louis was driving eastbound on Interstate 70 near Warrenton Tuesday night when the 2000 Dodge Neon went off the left side of the roadway, struck a median cable barrier and overturned.

Allen had minor injuries. Three boys in the car were also hurt. They included an 8-year-old and 10-year-old with moderate injuries and a 5-year-old with serious injuries.

A relative of the youngest victim told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he was recovering well. She said there was an adult in the car and that Allen had a permit to drive and was coming back from a trip to Jefferson City.

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wow 1 year ago

I'm glad that nobody is dead and hope the injured get well soon, but I also gotta ask this. What adult in their right mind allows a 15 year to drive on I-70 at anytime? In my mind that is ASKING for an accident to occurr. I-70 is tough for an experienced driver to negotiate....a 15 year old has no business behind the wheel of vehicle on this or any other Interstate Highway.....WWTAT?

tonto_goldberg 1 year ago

We must not be thinking about the same Interstate 70. I drove on Interstate 70 and Interstate 80 when I was fourteen. It's no more difficult than dodging the drivers who don't know how to use traffic lanes on Missouri Boulevard.

JMO 1 year ago

Our son drove on I-70 when he had his permit, with his dad sitting next to him of course. We never got to places where there were 4 or 5 lanes going one direction, and there weren't a large number of others in the car, but he had to learn to drive on the interstate sometime. It was safer than the horrible winding two-way roads we also had him practice on.

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