Mountain Grove Teen Injured In Crash On Hwy N

A Mountain Grove teen was injured Monday afternoon in a crash on Highway N, just west of Mountain Grove. At about 3:30PM, 17-year-old Wyatt Ashlin of Mountain Grove was driving his pickup east on Highway N when he swerved to avoid an animal in the roadway, overcorrected and ran off the left side of the roadway and overturned. The Highway Patrol reports that Ashlin was wearing his seatbelt, he was transported by ambulance to Cox Medical Center South in Springfield with minor injuries.