TOPEKA – A Kansas teenager was injured in an accident just after 8 a.m. on Wednesday in Shawnee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Volvo semi driven by Joseph Kanaha Palaile, 53, Nashport, OH., was making a U-turn on U.S. 24 at NW Huxman Road.

A 1995 Ford F150 driven by Jordan Alexis Sharpe, 16, Topeka, struck the trailer of the semi and came to rest in the westbound lanes of the highway.

Sharpe was transported to Stormont Vail.
Palaile was not injured.

The KHP reported both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident.