PENDER COUNTY, NC. (THECOUNT) — Barbara Lanier has been identified as the Wilmington, NC., woman killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday evening in Burgaw, NC.

Lanier, 52, was operating a vehicle when she was killed in the wreck that occurred on Stag Park Road, according to the NC State Highway Patrol.

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Lanier’s vehicle reportedly ran off the right side of the road. When Lanier over-corrected, she drove off the left side of the road and struck a mailbox and a tree. source

The State Highway Patrol said alcohol is believed to have been a factor in the wreck.