Monday’s rainfall led to one crash southwest of Emporia that ended with a hospital trip for the driver.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says the wreck happened shortly after 8 am at Kansas Turnpike mile marker 113 southbound, or near the Flint Hills cattle pens exit and 14 miles southwest of Emporia. 61-year-old Lori Jones of Winfield was driving her pickup when it hydroplaned and hit the center barrier wall.
Jones went to Newman Regional Health with suspected minor injuries.
Rainfall totals for Monday were light to moderate:
*KVOE studios: 0.30 inches
*Emporia Municipal Airport: 0.05 inches
*Deerbrook Addition: 0.50 inches
*10th and Weaver: 0.10 inches
*1100 block Constitution: 0.25 inches
*Neosho Rapids: 1 inch
*Reading: 0.25 inches
Rain is back in the forecast as soon as Thursday afternoon.
