PERRY, Kan- A teenage driver was injured in an accident just before 12:30 p.m. on Sunday in Jefferson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Ford Focus driven by Mariah Rose Young, 17, Perry, was westbound on U.S. 24 five miles east of Perry.

The driver of the vehicle drove off of the edge of the roadway, overcorrected and hit the accelerator instead of the brake.

The vehicle entered the south ditch, struck a telephone pole and rolled one time.

Young was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

The KHP reported she was not wearing a seat belt.