Jackson woman injured in one-vehicle accident

A 19-year-old Jackson woman suffered moderate injuries Monday an early-morning accident in which her car veered off a Cape Girardeau County road and into a tree, police said.

Vanessa K. Oliphant was driving her 2008 Toyota Corolla headed north on County Road 620 about a mile north of Cape Girardeau when the traffic accident took place, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol's online crash reports. Oliphant was wearing a seat belt, the report said, when the wreck occurred at about 12:30 a.m., the patrol said.

The collision totaled her car, trooper M.T. Turlington said in his report. She was taken by ambulance to a hospital.

Pertinent address:

County Road 620, Cape Girardeau County, MO