Sheriff’s officials in Audubon County charged a teenager with Failure to Maintain Control, following an accident that occurred Tuesday morning. 17-year old Jaynie Elaine Rasmussen, of Elk Horn, was traveling west on Littlefield Drive at around 7:45-a.m., Tuesday, when she lost control of the car she was driving about a mile east of Exira.

The 2000 VW slide sideways into a ditch and rolled several times before coming to rest on its side. Damage from the crash amounted to $6,000. Rasmussen initially refused medical treatment at the scene, but was later transported to the hospital by private vehicle.