Springfield teen seriously injured in Polk County wreck

POLK COUNTY, Mo. — An 18-year-old Springfield woman suffered serious injuries in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday evening north of Greene County.

According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) crash report, the wreck occurred at 6:34 p.m. on Route H, about one mile south of Pleasant Hope, in Polk County.

Troopers said the teen was driving a southbound 2015 Chrysler 200 when she failed to negotiate a curve, went off the right side of the road, struck a driveway, became airborne, overturned and hit a tree…

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