MERCER COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just after 3:30p.m. Wednesday in Mercer County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Jeep Cherokee driven by Carly M. Smith, 24, Clarence, was south on U.S. 65 three miles north of Princeton. The jeep crossed the center line, traveled off the east side of the road, down an embankment, up the other side of the embankment, became airborne and struck another embankment.

A private vehicle transported Smith to Dr. Hart’s office in Princeton. Mercer County EMS then transported her to Wright Memorial Hospital. She was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident, according to the MSHP.