NORTHAMPTON - An elderly Conway man was taken to the hospital Wednesday night after he reportedly fell asleep at the wheel and rolled his car over on a windy section of Sylvester Road, police said.
At 6:16 p.m., city police responded to a reported rollover accident on a section of Sylvester Road they call the "S turns"- a stretch that Sgt. Jodie Casper said is frequently the scene of car accidents.
Casper said the driver, Raymond Rice, 73, told police he had nodded off at the wheel of his 1986 Toyota before striking a tree and rolling the car Rice was taken to Baystate Medical Center to be treated for his injuries, which police said included cuts on his face and a possibly dislocated shoulder.
A spokesman at the hospital said he was in fair condition Wednesday night.
- OWEN BOSS
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