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Kansas woman hospitalized after falling asleep while driving

Screen Shot 2014-07-03 at 5.13.15 AMLINDSBORG- A Lindsborg woman was injured in an accident just before 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday in McPherson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Mazda driven by Jo Mae Henderson-Shaw, 69, Lindsborg, was eastbound on Kansas 4 at 8th Avenue when the driver fell asleep.

The vehicle went into the north ditch, rolled one time and came to rest in a sunflower field.

Henderson-Shaw was transported to the hospital in Lindsborg.

The KHP reported she was properly restrained at the time of the accident.

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