A local resident was injured Wednesday afternoon when her vehicle left the road, went airborne, hit a utility pole, and struck a magnolia tree.

Casey Craven, 32, stated to witnesses and McMinnville Police Department officers the wreck was a result of falling asleep at the wheel. She was traveling outbound on Yager Road in a white Ford Fusion in the area of Union Hill Road.

Darlene Reed, a witness at the scene, saw the accident unfold. 

“I walked outside and the next thing I knew a car hit the ditch then hit the concrete culvert,” said Reed. “That made her car flip three times. After the third time, she hit the tree and that threw her car airborne into the utility pole, flipping one more time. She landed right-side up, and I screamed for someone to call 911 when she crawled out of the driver-side door. She started to walk around until she sat down by her car on the ground.”

Craven was examined by EMS personnel at the scene. After examining her injuries, the decision was made not to call life flight. She was transported by ambulance to Saint Thomas River Park Hospital.