VOLGA — A vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed rolled and struck a tree in Volga early Saturday, sending its driver to a hospital in Sioux Falls.

Brayden Squires, 21, of Volga was airlifted by Avera CareFlight after being extricated from the wreckage of the 2012 Chevrolet Impala in front of a Volga residence in the 500 block of East Sixth Street, according to a news release from the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office on Monday. The accident was reported at 4:22 a.m. Saturday.

BCSO Patrol Sgt. Manny Langstraat wrote that law enforcers reported the Impala appeared to have been traveling eastbound on Sixth Street when it left the roadway. Squires was the only occupant of the vehicle, and Langstraat added that narcotics are thought to “have been a factor in this incident and charges are being requested.”

Brookings County State’s Attorney Dan Nelson told the Brookings Register on Monday that his office is “waiting for a few pieces of the investigation to be completed before deciding on charges.”

In addition to the sheriff’s office, other responding agencies were the Volga Fire Department, Brookings Ambulance, Brookings Police Department and the South Dakota State University Police Department. The latter two assisted at the request of the sheriff’s office.

— Contact Mondell Keck at mkeck@brookingsregister.com.