Waukee Woman Reportedly Crashes Car Off I-235 Overpass

A Waukee woman was injured early Thursday morning after she allegedly drove her SUV off an Interstate 235 overpass in West Des Moines, WHO Channel 13 reports.

The accident happened just before 2 a.m., the article said. Police told Channel 13 Cassandra Beverly, 29, was headed westbound on I-235 when she lost control and hit a guardrail. Her vehicle went airborne and dropped about 15 feet, rolling several times and coming to rest on a concrete barrier in the northbound lanes of 22nd Street

Beverly had a preliminary blood alcohol level of .129 at the time of the crash, police told the television station. The legal limit in Iowa is .08.

Beverly was transferred to Iowa Methodist Medical Center with a fractured neck and a collapsed lung, the article said. Charges have not yet been filed.