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Kansas woman hospitalized after car hydroplanes

Screen Shot 2014-07-03 at 5.13.15 AMCARBONDALE, Kan.- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 6 a.m. on Wednesday in Shawnee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Honda Civic driven by Jo Ann Call, 60, Overbrook, was northbound on U.S. 75 in Carbondale in the right lane. The driver lost control of the vehicle due to heavy rain.

The vehicle hydroplaned striking the inside bridge rail, then slid further north entering the center median and striking a metal guardrail.

Call was transported to a local hospital. The KHP report did not indicate if she was properly restrained at the time of the accident.

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