Car rolls over after driver falls asleep

Published 7:51 am Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Two individuals suffered non-life threatening injuries after the driver of their vehicle fell asleep Monday morning.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol accident report, law enforcement responded to an accident at 6:28 a.m. on Monday on Highway 218, north of Lyle. A 2001 Dodge Pickup was heading north on Highway 218 when the driver, Brock Kristian Lisak, 17, of Sandy, Oregon, fell asleep, causing the vehicle to enter a ditch and roll over.

The Mower County Sheriff’s Office, Lyle First Responders, and Gold Cross Ambulance Service also responded to the scene.

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Lisak and the passenger, Chad Matthew May, 34, of Asotin, Washington, were taken to Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin for non-life threatening injuries. May was not wearing a seatbelt.