NW Missouri woman hospitalized after UTV strikes a tree

LINN COUNTY —A Northwest Missouri woman was injured in an accident just after 5:30p.m. Saturday in Linn County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2022 Polaris Ranger driven by Derick D. McIntyre, 39, Chillicothe, was southbound on Dover Drive four miles northwest of Linneus.

The UTV traveled off the right side of the road, began to roll and struck a tree.  Linn County Ambulance transported a passenger identified as Shelly M. Epperson, 41, Chillicothe, to Hedrick Medical Center. McIntyre was not injured.