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Kan. woman hospitalized after 3-vehicle construction zone crash

Three vehicle collision near the State Street exit on Interstate 135 Friday morning (Photo: Kansas Highway Patrol)
Three vehicle collision near the State Street exit on Interstate 135 Friday morning (Photo: Kansas Highway Patrol)

SALINA- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 10a.m. on Friday in Saline County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Mercury passenger vehicle driven by Maria Teresa Haynes, 65, Salina, was entering Interstate 135 southbound in the construction zone.

The driver failed to obey the instructions of the flagman and pulled into the southbound lanes.

The vehicle was struck in the side by a 2009 GMC pickup driven by James D. Oblinger, 52, Wymore, Nebraska.

The GMC then struck the trailer of a 2011 Ford pickup driven by Jerry L. Vargas, 55, Salina.

Haynes was transported to Salina Regional Medical Center.

Oblinger, Vargas, and a passenger in the GMC were not injured.

All were properly restrained at the time of the collision, according to the KHP.

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