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Posted: Mon 11:45 AM, Jul 02, 2012

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Updated: Tue 12:26 PM, Jul 03, 2012

UPDATE: Victim identified in Taliaferro Co. accident along I-20

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Monday, July 2, 2012

TALIAFERRO COUNTY, Ga. -- A woman suffered severe injuries after an accident on I-20 Monday morning.

Kristin King, of Conyers, Ga., told troopers that she fell asleep at the wheel while driving eastbound and her car went off the road, hitting a tree.

The accident happened just before 8 a.m. at mile marker 144.

King was airlifted to the hospital and is said to have two broken legs. She is expected to recover.

We are told the 23-year-old just graduated from USC Aiken.

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