Abilene woman seriously injured in crash after suffering medical emergency

SALINE COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) — A woman from Abilene was seriously injured in a crash after suffering a medical emergency Wednesday morning.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the 64-year-old woman was driving a 2005 Ford Explorer northbound on Kansas Highway 143 when she suffered a medical emergency.

She left the highway, hitting a signpost and a tree before coming to a stop in the east ditch.

She was taken with suspected serious injuries to a regional hospital.