ELLSWORTH- A teen driver was injured in an accident just before 10:30 a.m. on Thursday in Ellsworth County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Jeep Liberty driven by Tessa Eve Zee, 18, Erie, CO., was westbound on Interstate 70 ten miles north of Ellsworth. The driver lost control, entered north ditch and struck a tree.
Zee was transported to the hospital in Ellsworth.
The KHP reported she was properly restrained at the time of the accident.