Two area teens injured in Saturday car accident

Two Perryville teenagers were injured in when the car they were riding in overturned Saturday on a county road. Kelsea S. Meyer, 16, received moderate injuries and Cierra Sleyster, 17, received serious injuries in the accident on Perry County Road 600 about a quarter mile east of Highway 51, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported. Meyer and Sleyster were passengers in a Chevrolet Lumina driven by Kyle Z. Roth, 16, of Frohna, Mo., when the crash occurred. Roth was driving westbound on County Road 600 when the car went off the right side of the road. Roth overcorrected and crossed back over the road, going off the left side and striking an embankment before overturning, the patrol reported. Meyer was taken to Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville for treatment. Sleyster was taken to Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis by helicopter for treatment.