(KNZA)--Two St. Joseph, Missouri teens were seriously injured late Tuesday night after they were struck by a vehicle about 4 1/2 miles southeast of Faucett.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a SUV was westbound on Route MM when the vehicle struck the 16 and 17-year-old boys as they were walking across the highway around 10:00.

17-year-old Dylan Moore was lifeflighted to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.

The 16-year-old boy, who was not identified, was transported by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph and then lifeflighted to Children's Mercy.

The driver of the SUV, 36-year-old Dearborn, Missouri resident Kristi Billings, was not hurt.