A Carrollton resident was injured on Tuesday morning when the car she was driving went off a Chariton County highway and struck an embankment on Highway 5 one mile north of the unincorporated town of Forest Green in southeast Chariton County.
The highway patrol listed injuries as moderate for 19-year-old Sally Schmidt, who was taken by ambulance to University Hospital in Columbia.
The southbound car was moderately damaged in the accident and the report indicated she was wearing a seat belt.
