NEW Salisbury woman crashes into barbed wire fence, strikes tree; no injuries

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, December 5, 2012

?SALISBURY — A Salisbury woman received minor injuries this morning following a single-vehicle collision on Miller Road, near Geiger Lane.
Ruby Miller, 63, of Paige Lane, told N.C. State Highway Patrol Trooper S.B. Marshall, she briefly closed her eyes before crashing into a barbed wire fence.
The incident occurred at 10:16 a.m. in the 4000 block of Miller Road.
Miller crossed the center line, ran off the road to the left, went through the fence and then struck a tree, Marshall said.
Miller was taken by Rowan EMS to Rowan Regional Medical Center as a precaution.
She was cited for traveling left of center.
She was wearing a seatbelt and her front air bags deployed, Marshall said.
Miller had to be taken out of the vehicle. Locke Fire Department also responded.