JEFFERSON TWP — A suspected drunken driver out for a late night ride on an off-road utility task vehicle was injured Monday in a rollover wreck that trapped her beneath the machine, authorities said.

The accident about 11 p.m. on Dinnerbell Road in Jefferson Township left emergency crews scratching their heads.

Chief Chris Ballina of the Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Department said that when he got there he needed a double take to believe his eyes. At first, he thought it was a dinky automobile, like a Smart car or the smallest available Volkswagen.

He got closer and saw the bright orange Kubota diesel UTV on top of the 68-year-old woman.

“She was twisted in there pretty good,” Ballina said. “She was laying half on her back and her legs were twisted around. Her hips and legs were pinned underneath it.”

Rescuers eventually got the vehicle off her. She was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital with minor injuries, said Trooper Robert Gambone.

He did not release the woman's name, pending toxicology results that could lead to driving under the influence and other charges.

Authorities said the woman was traveling east on the 400 block of Dinnerbell Road, about a mile from her house, when she lost control of the vehicle.

“She rolled it down a hill,” Gambone said.

Three bystanders were there trying to help the woman, who was screaming in pain, when firefighters first arrived.

Crews used airbags filled with compressed air to lift the back of the UTV to free the woman. Gambone said she smelled of alcohol.

Saxonburg Ambulance paramedics tended to her before she was taken to the hospital. Her condition was not known this morning.

Police did not know what the woman was doing on the UTV.

“We're investigating what the purpose was,” Gambone said.

UTVs — vehicles that resemble a hybrid of an all-terrain vehicle and golf cart — are used for both work and recreation.

They are particularly popular on farms, construction sites, golf courses and underground mines.

Under state law, like ATVs and golf carts, UTVs are prohibited from public roads unless designated by the state or municipality.