A Palmerton man avoided injury following a one-car crash Friday.

State police at Lehighton said the crash occurred at 3:15 p.m. on Forest Inn Road between Stoney Brook Lane and Boyer Farm Road in Lower Towamensing Township.Alan Gerstenberg, 26, was operating his 1996 Jeep Liberty south on Forest Inn Road in the right lane when he lost control and failed to drive his vehicle on the roadway.The vehicle crossed the white fog line and struck an embankment on the west side of Forest Inn Road, at which time the front passenger side hit the embankment.The vehicle then rolled over, coming to its final resting position facing south on the right shoulder of Forest Inn Road.Gerstenberg, who was wearing his lap and shoulder belt, was not injured.He was charged in the incident.