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Kansas woman hospitalized after she falls asleep on I-70

KHPWAUBAUNSEE COUNTY – A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 9 a.m. on Thursday in Wabaunsee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Honda CRV driven by Helen Bloom, 87, Hesston, was traveling on Interstate 70 at Ranch Road.

The driver fell asleep. The vehicle entered the median, went airborne over a paved crossover, landed upright and came to rest in median.

Bloom was transported to Stormont Vail in Topeka.

She was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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