Car on its side after female driver falls asleep behind the wheel


MCKINLEYVILLE, CA. (KIEM) – A Toyota Celica is on its side after a female driver falls asleep behind the wheel.

It happened around 6 Sunday evening on the 1400 block of Airport Road in McKinleyville.

According to California Highway Patrol, the woman driver was traveling eastbound and drifted to the right of the road when she fell asleep at the wheel. That’s when she crashed into a fence.

She was in the car with a boy. Both of them were able to escape the vehicle themselves. The woman was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.

The boy, also had minor injuries. He was not immediately sent for treatment.

The crash is currently under investigation.

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