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Teen with crtical injuries after car accident

Posted: 02.04.2012 at 11:23 AM

A Jefferson City teenager was taken to University Hospital with critical injuries a Friday evening accident.

Police said Evantie Essex, 18, of Jefferson City was the passenger in a vehicle traveling in the 1000 block of South Country Club when the car went off the roadway just north of Old Lohman Road. The car traveled down an embankment, through a creek and came to a rest. Essex was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident.

Essex was taken to a local hospital for treatment of injuries but was transferred to University Hospital in critical condition, according to a police accident report.

Police said the drive of the vehicle is unknown at this time. Jefferson City Police are continuing their investigation of the accident.

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