Passengers Injured After Driver Falls Asleep at the Wheel

Police say 32-year-old Stoughton woman fell asleep behind the wheel of her car before crashing into a parked car and pole on Turnpike Street early Sunday morning.

At around 1:20 a.m., Stoughton police received three calls for a Chevrolet Silverado that crashed into a pole according to the Enterprise. According to the crash report, the driver told police that she “must have fallen asleep,” causing the vehicle to veer off the roadway and hit two vehicles from behind. After hitting the cars, the driver of the Silverado kept going before hitting a pole.

A passenger in the car, a 29-year-old from Roslindale, was flown to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston for a possible head injury and chest, abdominal and leg injuries. The driver and two other passengers were taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton.