CALDWELL COUNTY- A teenage driver was seriously injured in a single-vehicle accident just before midnight.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Kia Sorrento driven by Chance J Cade, 16, Clarinda, IA., was eastbound on MO 116 just east of Tait Road. In attempt to avoid a westbound vehicle, the Kia went off of the south side of the road.

The driver overcorrected and the vehicle slid back on the road and then off the north side of the road, hit a ditch and rolled several times. The driver was ejected.

Cade was transported to Liberty Hospital. A passenger in the vehicle Garland J. Nelson, 20, Braymer, was to seek medical attention on Friday.

The MSHP reported both men were not wearing seat belts.