MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Police say a 16-year-old driver who fell asleep at the wheel and her 19-year-old passenger were found along Interstate I-240 near Millbranch after leaving the scene of a one-vehicle crash early Monday morning.

MPD said officers were assisted by Tennessee troopers, with the Memphis Safe Task Force, and found a Toyota Corolla in the median with no occupants inside.

While troopers were on the scene, an officer from the MPD traveling eastbound on I-240 near the Millbranch Road interchange reported seeing two individuals jump out of a vehicle. Officers found the driver and passenger lying on the ground against a fence south of the interstate.

According to police, the teens initially told officers they were dropped off along the interstate, but changed their story after being informed that officers had found pictures of them in a suitcase inside the Corolla.

The 16-year-old reportedly told officers she was driving from Tucker, Georgia, to an unspecified location in Arkansas when she fell asleep and woke up with the vehicle on its side. The passenger was in the front passenger seat at the time.

Officers attempted to identify the driver and passenger, who claimed to be from Honduras.

A federal police officer from Homeland Security, who also responded to the crash, was able to translate. The driver said she entered the country and was living with her father, who is the owner of the vehicle.

MPD said the officer from Homeland Security used the official police databases to identify the driver. However, she was known only by her name because she entered the country through customs.

Police said the young driver and passenger had no identification, driver's license, passports, or any means of identification. An officer said a supervisor ordered him to release the driver without charge, as all options had been exhausted on the scene.

Toyota Corolla was towed to the city with a hold for traffic for a hit-and-run crash.

MPD: Young driver without driver's license flees crash, released without charges