Typically, local law enforcement does not release information of any sort on attempted suicides. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office took that step late Saturday night.
The Sheriff’s Office says deputies, Emporia Police, Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas Department of Transportation and Emporia-Lyon County Fire/EMS all responded to Interstate 35 mile marker 138, just east of Emporia, shortly before 10 pm Saturday after a vehicle “impacted” a bridge pillar for the overpass at that location.
Emporia Fire says the person inside, a woman, was extricated and then taken by ambulance to Newman Regional Health. She was later airlifted to a currently unspecified hospital afterward.
Additional details are not being released at this time.
