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Teen hospitalized after falling asleep at the wheel

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Screen Shot 2014-07-03 at 5.13.15 AMPAOLA- A Kansas teenager was injured in an accident just after 3 p.m. on Sunday in Miami County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Chevy passenger car driven by Caspian O. Tressin, 16, Paola, was westbound on Kansas 68 one mile west of the roundabout on Old Kansas City Road.

The driver fell asleep, woke up and overcorrected, striking a guardrail and the vehicle rolled onto its top.

Tressin was transported to Miami County Medical Center.
The KHP reported she was properly restrained at the time of the accident.

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