JAY — A local woman was injured Monday morning when she lost control of the car she was driving and it went off Hyde Road and struck some trees, police officer Nicholas Gulliver said.
Florence Couture, 78, was heading home toward Franklin Road, also known as Route 133, when her car got into the soft shoulder, he said. She tried to get out of it, overcorrected and the car went off the right side of the road and hit trees on the driver’s side, Gulliver said.
Jay firefighters extricated her from the car.
Couture complained of neck and back injuries, he said. A NorthStar Emergency Medical Services crew transported her in an ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington.
The 2008 Chevrolet Impala was destroyed, Gulliver said.
He was assisted at the scene of the 8:39 a.m. accident by Detective Richard Caton IV and Chief Larry White Sr.
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- Jay police, firefighters and a NorthStar Emergency Medical Services crew get Florence Couture, 78, of Jay out her car after it crashed into trees off Hyde Road in Jay on Monday. Couture complained of neck and back injuries and was taken to a Farmington hospital, police officer Nicholas Gulliver said.
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- Florence Couture, 78, of Jay was injured Monday morning when her 2008 Chevrolet Impala got into the soft-shoulder on Hyde Road in Jay and in her attempt to get the vehicle it out, she over-corrected and the car ended up striking several trees, Jay police officer Nicholas Gulliver said.
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