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Kan. woman hospitalized after car rear-ends trash truck

photo courtesy Topeka Capitol Journal-CJonline
photo courtesy Topeka Capitol Journal-CJonline

TOPEKA- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 7:30 a.m. on Monday in Shawnee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2011 Ford Fusion driven by Donna Rae Conley, 59, Hoyt, was southbound on U.S. 75 just north of Topeka.

The vehicle rear-ended a 2003 International trash truck driven by Edward J. Clemens, Jr., 57, Topeka, that entered U.S. 75 southbound from a private drive.

The Fusion also hit a guardrail west of U.S. 75.

Conley was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident according to the KHP. She was transported to Stormont Vail.
Clemens Jr. was not injured.

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