Daphne Bourne, 46, injured after falling asleep behind wheel, rolling car on I-82 near Ellensburg, WA
Woman hurt in crash near Ellensburg
She was wearing a seat belt, and intoxicants are not suspected of contributing to the crash, the release said.
It was about 10:50 p.m. when Bourne was driving west on I-82, and reportedly fell asleep. Her car veered off the roadway into the median, where it continued about 700 feet, before careening back across the westbound lanes and off the road to the right, where it flipped onto its side. Bourne was taken to the hospital, though no other information is available as they had no record of her being there.
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