Nevada State Police are investigating after a car fell off the overpass of I-580 south near Mt. Rose Highway early Thursday morning. 

According to police, the driver may have been distracted when the car hit the barrier of the highway and went over the concrete wall, just before 6 a.m. 

Authorities say the driver was transported to the hospital with what's described as moderate injuries. 

They say no one else was inside the SUV. 

Police say they do not believe speed or impairment was involved in the crash.