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 accident until the Ell-Saline School Resource officer reported hearing of it, according to Saline County Sheriff's Deputy Jesse McOwen. 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 a quarter mile north of the intersection with Kansas Highway 140, in her father's 2006 Chevrolet Colorado.
She swerved to avoid an animal in the road and lost control. The pickup rolled and was totaled.
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.
The girl was cited for operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license and for not reporting the accident, according to McOwen.
A family member towed the pickup from the scene.