Driver taken to hospital after collision with tree spotted by passersby

LAWRENCE, Kan. (KCTV) - One driver was taken to a Kansas City hospital after passersby saw her pickup against a tree along a rural road south of Lawrence.

The Douglas County, Kansas, Sheriff’s Office says that around 2:10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, emergency crews were called to the 1400 block of N. 1100 Rd., about one mile west of Highway 59 south of Lawrence, after passersby saw a pickup truck against a tree.

When first responders arrived, they said they found the 49-year-old female driver of a 1992 Chevrolet Silverado had been headed west N. 1100 Rd. when she veered off the road to the north, overcorrected and slid across the road before she hit a tree.

The Sheriff’s Office indicated that the woman was taken to a Kansas City hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No further information has been released.