The Highway Patrol reports a Huntsville woman sustained minor injuries when she fell asleep, and the car she drove ran off the road two miles east of Brookfield Tuesday morning.
An ambulance transported 25-year-old Marissa Avila to Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield.
Avila traveled west on U. S. Highway 36 when the car traveled off the right side of the road before striking a guard rail and traveling down an embankment. The vehicle received minor damage.
The Patrol reports Avila did not wear a seat belt at the time of the accident.
The Brookfield Police Department and Linn County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the investigation of the crash.
