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NewsMarch 6, 2001

An 18-year-old Cape Girardeau woman remains in serious, but stable, condition after being thrown from her car during an accident early Monday morning. Erin L. Ward was westbound on Route K four miles west of Cape Girardeau at around 3 a.m., when she reportedly fell asleep at the wheel...

An 18-year-old Cape Girardeau woman remains in serious, but stable, condition after being thrown from her car during an accident early Monday morning. Erin L. Ward was westbound on Route K four miles west of Cape Girardeau at around 3 a.m., when she reportedly fell asleep at the wheel.

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The Missouri Highway Patrol said Ward's 1978 Chevrolet ran off the road, then struck a guardrail and a bridge. She was thrown from the car and was taken to St. Francis Medical Center.

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