MILES CITY – A 52-year-old Miles City woman died in a traffic accident Tuesday morning.

The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) reports that the woman was driving a Chevrolet Equinox eastbound on Interstate 94 at approximately 8:30 a.m. when at mile marker 151 the vehicle crossed the median and both westbound lanes before exiting the roadway.

The vehicle then went down an embankment, through a fence and across a private road before striking another embankment.

The woman was not wearing a seat belt. Her name has not been released.

The MHP report notes that alcohol was a suspected factor in the crash.