A Byron teen suffered injuries yesterday evening after her car struck a tree in Ogle County.
The accident occurred a short time after 7:30 in the 10,000 block of North Route 2 in rural Byron.
Reports indicate that a vehicle driven by 18-year old Olivia Stickler left the west side of Route 2 and struck a tree. The car then overturned.
Stickler was extricated from her car by Byron Fire Department personnel and then flown by lifeline helicopter to a Rockford Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
