February 9, 2023 9:30 a.m.

A passenger was hurt after a driver apparently fell asleep early Thursday morning.

A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office report said shortly after 2:00 a.m. a deputy responded an accident to the 12000 block of Old Highway 99 South near Myrtle Creek. The driver, a Tenmile resident, said he was heading north when the wreck happened after his pickup left the road.

The female passenger, also from Tenmile, was transported to CHI Mercy Medical Center due to several facial injuries.

The vehicle was towed from the scene.