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Teen hurt after falling asleep while driving
Comments 0 | Recommend 0May 6, 2008 - 9:19 AM
A Malta Bend teen was injured after he fell asleep at the wheel, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports.
Ryan G. Armstrong, 17, was northbound on U.S. 65, about a half mile south of state Route N in Saline County, when he fell asleep, drove off the road and struck a ditch, troopers reported. The vehicle then rolled over and struck a utility pole, reports stated.
The accident happened at 6:48 p.m. Monday.
Armstrong was taken by ambulance to Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall.
Troopers issued Armstrong a summons on a charge of careless and imprudent driving involving an accident, according to reports.
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