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6 hospitalized after passenger grabs steering wheel, SUV overturns

HARRISON COUNTY — Six people were injured in an accident just after 6p.m. Friday in Harrison County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Dodge Durango driven by Gunnar D. Goll, 18, Winston, was southbound on U.S. 69, one mile north of Bethany.

The driver lost control when the front seat passenger grabbed the steering wheel. The vehicle ran off the road, struck a ditch and overturned.

Passengers Elijah J. Carlson, 17; Destini N. Mitchell, 14, Trayton W. Mitchell, 12; Alexis N. Pratt, 15; Dalton Pratt, 13; all of Bethany and Parker E. Chamberlin, 16, Pattonsburg, were transported to Harrison County Community Hospital.

Goll was not injured. He and Trayton Mitchell were the only occupants properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the MSHP.

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