Crime

She fell asleep heading to work. She woke up when the car flipped

A woman apparently fell asleep behind the wheel and flipped her car early Tuesday morning on 10th Avenue in Kennewick.
A woman apparently fell asleep behind the wheel and flipped her car early Tuesday morning on 10th Avenue in Kennewick. Kennewick Police Department

A woman apparently fell asleep behind the wheel and flipped her car early Tuesday morning.

She was heading to work about 5 a.m. when she nodded off along 10th Avenue in Kennewick.

In the moments she was asleep, she flipped the sedan, said Kennewick police Officer Kirk Nebeker.

The woman, whose name was not immediately available, did walk away from the crash uninjured.

This story was originally published November 7, 2017 at 12:02 PM with the headline "She fell asleep heading to work. She woke up when the car flipped."

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