MENANDS — A 61-year old woman was able to pull herself out of her car this morning after it fell 20 feet from a parking garage on Broadway and landed on its roof.

The woman, who is employed at the state Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, pulled into her parking spot at the Riverview Center, located in the former Montgomery Ward building at 150 Broadway, about 8:30 a.m., ran through the guide rail and careened onto the pavement 20 feet below, according to village police Sgt. F.X. Lacosse.

"The vehicle wasn't dangling; it went over the edge and flipped over on its roof. It fell from the second floor of the parking garage. She was able to get out of the vehicle," said Wanda Fischer, a spokeswoman in the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, who arrived at the garage shortly after the accident.

After the accident, other workers ran out and someone immediately called 911 from a cellphone.

The woman, who has not been identified, is being treated for back and neck injuries at Albany Medical Center.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation.