A Sedalia teenager was seriously injured after losing control of the car she was driving Tuesday, March 18th just outside the city.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that the 15-year-old girl was heading north on Oak Grove Lane, about three-quarters of a mile north of U.S. Route 50, when at around 9:45 p.m., she lost control of her car. The vehicle went off the left side of the roadway, then returned to the road before skidding off the right side. The car then struck a ditch and overturned. The teenagers was taken to a Columbia hospital for treatment of serious injuries. Troopers say she was not wearing her seat belt at the time of the crash.