CLAY TWP — A Butler area woman was hurt this morning when she lost control of her sport utility vehicle and crashed into a building on Route 308.

The woman, whose name was not immediately available, was able to get out of her Jeep Cherokee and called 911 for help. She had no visible injuries but complained of pain, emergency crews said.

Slushy road conditions from melting snow and freezing temperatures overnight were a factor in the wreck just after 4 a.m., according to Chief Reid Campbell of the West Sunbury Volunteer Fire Department.

“There was anywhere from 4 to 6 inches of water and slushy ice across the road,” he said.

The woman, believed to be in her 40s, was traveling north when she lost control of the Jeep and slid across the southbound lane. The driver’s side of the vehicle hit the building that was the site of a long-since-closed gas station just south of West Sunbury.

She was wearing a seat belt and the vehicle’s air bags deployed. She was taken by ambulance to Butler Memorial Hospital to be checked out, authorities said.

State police are investigating but an accident report was not available this morning.

The building had minor masonry damage, and the car had to be towed away.

Campbell said that poor road maintenance, which prevented adequate runoff of the melting snow and caused unnecessary ponding, likely was a factor in the crash.

“The berm,” he noted, “is higher than the road.”