JEFFERSON COUNTY, MO — A 14-year-old girl was injured Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle collision in Festus of Jefferson County, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The accident happened on Meyer Road east of Country Lane and was reported at 2:50 p.m.
A 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt was traveling eastbound on Meyer Road when it traveled off the right side of the roadway and overturned in a ditch.
The 14-year-old girl, a Desloge resident, was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital Jefferson with minor injuries. She was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
The driver of the Cobalt, a 17-year-old girl and fellow Desloge resident, was not reported injured in the incident.
No further information has been released about a possible cause of crash.
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