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Investigation: Kan. woman hospitalized after train hit her car

First responders on the scene of Thursday’s crash-photo courtesy KWCH

SEDGWICK COUNTY – One person was injured in an accident just after 7:30p.m. Thursday in Sedgwick County.

A BNSF train traveling near the 6900 Block of Kansas 15 near Red Powell Drive just across from the Derby city limits hit a 2013 Ford Fiesta driven by a 50-year-old Wichita woman, according to Lt. Lin Dehning of the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Department.

Emergency crews transported to driver to a local hospital in serious condition.  Officials did not release her name.

Deputies are investigating whether alcohol possibly played a role in the crash, according to Dehning.

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