(Mount Ayr, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Ringgold County, Tuesday evening, released details on an injury accident that occurred Saturday evening, southwest of Tingley. Authorities say 32-year-old Tasha Lanae Picard, of Shannon City, was driving east in Ringgold County Road J-23 at around 7:10-p.m., when she turned to travel south on Highway 169.

As her pickup made the turn, the driver’s side door lock mechanism malfunctioned, causing the door to pop open. Picard fell out the the truck, which ran over her leg, causing severe injuries. The truck continued without anyone at the wheel, and entered the east ditch before crashing through a barbed wire fence and came to a stop after hitting a concrete box culvert.

Tasha Picard, and her approximately 4-year-old daughter, were injured and transported by EMS helicopter to Mercy Hospital downtown, in Des Moines. The Sheriff’s Office says the child was not secured in restraint device prior to the accident.

Picard faces charges that include: