Woman hurt in I-70 wreck near Odessa

A Columbia resident was injured in a car accident yesterday in Lafayette County after running her vehicle off the road, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. 

About 10:25 a.m. yesterday, Kristin Penn, 22, was driving west on Interstate 70 when her 2007 Honda traveled off the left side of the road and overturned near the 43-mile marker east of Odessa. 

Penn suffered moderate injuries, the highway patrol said, and was treated and released at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence.  The highway patrol said Alexander was wearing her seatbelt at the time of the wreck.