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Driver crashes after vehicle zig-zags across highway in Jo Daviess County

A Galena woman was injured in a crash when her vehicle left a highway and rolled. The crash happened in rural Galena around 4 p.m. Tuesday, November 10, 2015, w...
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A Galena woman was injured in a crash when her vehicle left a highway and rolled.

The crash happened in rural Galena around 4 p.m. Tuesday, November 10, 2015, when the 22-year-old driver lost control of her car on U.S. Highway 20, just east of Menominee Road, according to a statement from Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Department.

The driver had been headed eastbound on the roadway when she went off the road on the left-hand side.  Police say she then tried to correct her steering, causing her to drive back onto the roadway, across both directions of traffic and off the road on the right side.

According to the statement, she hit a bunch of small trees and crashed into a large rock bluff. The vehicle rolled and came to rest on its passenger side.

The woman was taken to an area hospital to be treated for injuries from the crash; she was later transported to another hospital, police say.

The crash is under investigation and police say charges are pending.

 

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