A 16-year-old Ava boy died in an accident Monday night in Douglas County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.
Sgt. Logan Elliott said the boy fell from the hood of a 2014 Ford Focus and was struck by the vehicle at about 6:50 p.m. He died about an hour later, the patrol said. Next of kin was notified. A 15-year-old boy was driving the vehicle just west of Ava on a county road.
It is the seventh fatality in the troop this year compared to two at the same time last year.
