Woman flips car

An early morning accident on Monday left a car on its side while the driver walked away without serious injury.

One woman started her work week off with a bang when she crashed her car.

The single-car accident occurred Monday, shortly before 9 a.m.

The driver, 23-year-old Tulasi Granofsky, lost control of the Nissan sedan while traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 441 in Alachua.  Employees of the nearby Farm Credit rushed out to help the woman, who escaped the accident without serious injury.

Alachua Police Department spokesman Jessie Sandusky said the driver lost control of the following an “in-vehicle distraction.”  The distraction, however, was not a cellphone or other electronic device.  According to a traffic crash report released Wednesday, Granofsky said she dropped a cup of water in her lap.  After the spill, she looked down and then lost control of the car, veering off of the roadway, striking a sign and then rolling into a ditch.

The car reportedly flipped one and a half times before coming to rest on its side.  The driver was the only occupant of the vehicle and was not transported by medics.