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ANDREW COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just before 7:30a.m. Tuesday in Andrew County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Chevy Uplander driven by a 20-year-old Maryville woman was southbound on U.S. 71 twelve miles south of Maryville. The driver fell asleep. The van traveled off the east side of the road and the driver overcorrected. The vehicle traveled off the west side of the road, struck an embankment and overturned.

A private vehicle transported the driver to Mosaic in Maryville. She was properly restrained, according to the MSHP. The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims.