VERNON — A 27-year-old driver was ticketed and hospitalized after swerving out of traffic at Route 5 and Bleeker Road in Vernon Thursday afternoon, according to the Oneida County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies said Trisha Lampson, of Clark Mills, failed to slow down for stopped traffic on Route 5 around 2:30 p.m. Thursday and her 2020 BMW swerved off the north shoulder. Deputies said the BMW then crashed into a utility pole.

Lampson complained of neck pain and was treated at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica, authorities said. She was also ticketed for unreasonable speed and moving from lane unsafely, deputies said. She is scheduled to appear in Vernon Town Court.