POLK COUNTY, Mo. (KY3) -A Bolivar teen suffered serious injuries after falling off a moving car in Polk County Friday night.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report , the single-vehicle crash happened on East 470th Road, one mile west of Van, Missouri, just before 10:30 p.m.

Troopers said two passengers were riding on the trunk of a 2017 Chevrolet Camaro, driven by a 17-year-old girl from Halfway, headed eastbound, when they both fell off the rear of the vehicle.

The crash report states one passenger, a 17-year-old boy from Bolivar, was transported to Mercy Hospital in Springfield with serious injuries.

Troopers said the other passenger, a 21-year-old man from Bolivar, was taken to Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar with minor injuries.

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