UPDATED Sunday, November 11, 2012 --- 1:44 p.m.

LEBANON, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities say alcohol may have been a factor in a crash in the Town of Lebanon that sent five people to area hospitals.

The Dodge County Sheriff's Department says the crash happened early Sunday, on Evergreen Road.

The 47-year-old driver apparently lost control and the Ford Explorer went into a ditch and rolled. The driver was uninjured, but his five passengers, ages 37 to 49, all were taken to area hospitals by ambulance.

Sheriff's officials are still investigating.

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Posted: Sunday, November 11, 2012 -- 8:13 a.m.

Five people are hospitalized after a car crash in Dodge County.

It happened just before 1 a.m. Sunday morning near the intersection of Evergreen Road and Highview Road in the Town of Lebanon, that's just north of Watertown.

Dodge County officials said a car lost control and rolled into a ditch.

The 47-year-old driver was not injured, but his five passengers were hospitalized.

Authorities believe alcohol was a factor in the crash, but it is still under investigation.