Sunday, March 20, 2011 | 11:18 a.m.
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Metro Police said a 41-year-old woman was critically injured early this morning when the car she was driving in the southwest valley failed to make a turn and ended up in a desert area.
Police said the accident happened at 3:56 a.m. near Fort Apache and Cactus avenues.
A preliminary police investigation indicates Michelle Pierson was driving a 2002 Chevrolet Corvette south on Fort Apache Avenue when she failed to slow and make a left turn as the road ends at Cactus Avenue, officials said.
The vehicle traveled southeast into a desert area before landing in a dry riverbed, police said.
Pierson was taken to University Medical Center's trauma unit with critical injuries, police said. Her passengers, 35-year-old Jonathan Ellison and 27-year-old Chas Guertin, were to taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
The accident remain under investigation.
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