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Police: Woman falls asleep, crashes car through playground equipment

WEST YARMOUTH, Mass. — A 26-year-old woman was cited for falling asleep at the wheel and crashing through playground equipment.

Police say the woman drove her car off the road and through the outside of the Mill Store and Super 8 in West Yarmouth.

She was not hurt, but reportedly told officers she had fallen asleep.  Police say the wreck caused over $10,000 in damage to fencing, two jungle gyms, a pergola and landscaping.

She's been cited for operating a motor vehicle negligently so as to put people in danger and a marked lanes violation.

According to police, none of the violations were arrestable.