The Highway Patrol reports a Marceline woman sustained serious injuries when she fell asleep, and the car she drove ran off the road four miles south of Marceline Tuesday morning.
Thirty-five-year-old Melanie Metcalf traveled south on Highway 5 when the car ran off the right side of the road, struck the ground, and hit a fence. An ambulance transported Metcalf to Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield.
The Patrol reports Metcalf did not wear a seatbelt at the time of the accident and the vehicle received moderate damage.
