MOUNDRIDGE — A Claflin woman is in critical condition at a Wichita hospital following a two-vehicle accident Saturday morning in McPherson County.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 38-year-old Alleda Hickel was transported to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita after the accident, which occurred less than a mile north of Moundridge on Interstate 135.

According to the KHP, Hickle was driving a 1995 Jeep SUV northbound on I-135 traveling at a reduced rate of speed due to weather conditions, when she was struck from behind at a high rate of speed by a 2004 Freightliner driven by 51-year-old Curtis Lewis, Wichita. Lewis was not injured in the accident, which occurred at 11:40 a.m. Saturday morning.

According to KHP, both drivers were wearing seat belts.