STANTON, Neb. -- An 18-year-old driver was injured in a one-vehicle accident in northeast Nebraska over the weekend.

According to Stanton County Sheriff Mike Unger, his office responded to the crash at the Highway 32/15 junction around 3:30 p.m. Saturday. 

Unger said the driver, a rural Pilger woman, was northbound on Highway 15 when she appeared to fall asleep and left the roadway, entering a ditch and driving through a fence. Unger said the woman's car struck a tree before coming to rest against a creek embankment.

She was transported to a Schuyler hospital by Howells rescue. Seatbelts were in use and multiple airbags deployed.

The vehicle is considered a total loss.