A woman from Polk County faces charges following an accident Saturday night in Audubon County. Sheriff’s officials say 24-year old Kasie Rae Simpson, of Des Moines, was charged with Failure to Maintain Control, Open Container, Failure to have insurance, and failure to carry a registration card, following an accident that happened at around 10-p.m., Saturday.

Authorities say Simpson was traveling south on Eagle Avenue near 250^th Street, when her vehicle entered the east ditch, hit a culvert and launched into the air. The vehicle hit a tree, causing the tree to fall over. The vehicle then came to rest, on the tree. Simpson refused medical treatment at the scene.

She was transported to the Audubon County Jail and later released after posting a cash bond.