By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
BROOKVILLE - A 16-year-old rural Saline County girl suffered injuries when a pickup she was driving rolled near Brookville Wednesday morning.
The Saline County Sheriff's Office didn't find out about the wreck until the Ell-Saline School Resource officer reported hearing of it, Saline County Sheriff's Deputy Jesse McOwen said Thursday morning. That report was made at approximately 3 p.m. Wednesday.
The girl, who was on her way to school at approximately 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, was southbound on Brownhill Road in her father's 2006 Chevrolet Colorado when she swerved to avoid an animal in the road and lost control, McOwen said. The pickup rolled and was totaled, he said.
The wreck occurred approximately a quarter mile north of the Brownhill Road intersection with Kansas Highway 140.
McOwen said the girl called her father, who picked her up and took her to the hospital. She suffered from neck pain and had a cut on her hand that required stitches, he said.
A family member towed the pickup from the scene.
McOwen said the girl was cited for operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license and for not reporting the accident.