A 79-year-old woman was seriously injured when the car she was driving plowed into a tree and caught fire on US 1-19 in Charleston Monday afternoon.

Other drivers put out the blaze with fire extinguishers before emergency workers arrived on scene.

The elderly woman's car crashed traveling southbound on Corridor G near Hickory Road.

Rescuers say she appeared to have multiple broken bones.

The woman, who police did not name, allegedly told them she fell asleep at the wheel.