A Huntsville, Alabama man was injured after a crash on Highway 48 in Menlo earlier this month.

According to information from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office, the twenty-eight-year-old Alabama man was travelling between Rome and Huntsville and was coming through Menlo shortly before 3 AM on May 7th.

Sheriff’s department reports say that the man fell asleep near the Menlo Recreation ball field and crashed a silver-colored SUV into a wooded area.

The man’s injuries were minor and he was transported to the hospital in Rome by Redmond EMS.