ST. JOSEPH- A Maysville woman and child were injured in an accident just before 5 p.m. on Friday in Buchanan County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Plymouth Voyager driven by Brittany-Robbin A. Wood, 26, Maysville, was northbound on Route P eight miles east of St. Joseph. The vehicle traveled off the east side of the road, struck a ditch, ejected the driver and overturned.

Lifenet transported Wood to Heartland Regional Medical Center. A one-year-old child in the vehicle was also transported to Heartland.

The MSHP reported wood was not wearing a seat belt. The child was properly restrained at the time of the accident.