Boy hurt in Morgan County wreck

A 9-year-old was hospitalized Saturday after a vehicle he was in struck three trees in Morgan County.

Brandon Snook, 33, of Gravois Mills, was driving a 2008 Ford Edge westbound on Route P with his 9-year-old son as a passenger, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol report.

At nearly 6 p.m., Snook crossed the center of the road, because of an internal distraction in the car, traveled off the left side of the roadway and hit three trees east of Moffitt Point.

The vehicle was totaled and the juvenile, who was wearing a seatbelt, received moderate injuries and was transported by ambulance to Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach. Snook was uninjured.