A woman was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after veering across traffic and up an embankment near Route 7 in Norwalk Monday night.
A Mazda 3 headed northbound toward the end of the Route 7 connector crossed Grist Mill Road, went up a 40-foot embankment and landed 25 feet from the road, Norwalk fire officials said.
Firefighters extricated the female driver, 20, from the car. She was transported to Norwalk Hospital after complaining of neck and back pain. Her injuries aren't life-threatening, firefighters said.
Norwalk fire officials said that it was fortunate that the state Department of Transportation removed a rock wall in that area in 2008 due to multiple fatal crashes.
"The gradual inclining hill" developed to replace the wall "prevented this accident from being more serious," Norwalk fire officials said.
The accident happened at about 9:22 p.m.
