Four Lincoln County juveniles were injured in a rollover accident near Hershey Friday evening.

According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Deputies were asked to respond to Oregon Trail Road east of Hershey at around 5:30 p.m. after receiving a report of an eastbound vehicle driving into the ditch and flipping several times.  The caller also reported that three occupants had been ejected.

Deputies along with Hershey/Sutherland Rescue responded to the scene and found three seriously injured subjects.  Authorities identified them as 16-year-old Justin Duca and 18-year-old Victor Grandy, both of North Platte, and 17-year-old Hershey resident Wyatt Edington.  A fourth passenger, ten-year-old Kaiden Vondal, was not seriously injured.  Deputies say Vondal was the only occupant wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

An investigation revealed that Duca was driving a Blue 2002 Ford Explorer Sport eastbound on Oregon Trail Road at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the vehicle and entered the ditch before flipping several times.

Duca was airlifted to a hospital in Denver.  Deputies said his injuries appeared to be very serious.

Investigators say alcohol was not a factor in the crash.