May 30, 2022

Kansas woman hospitalized after she fell asleep driving

Posted May 30, 2022 2:30 AM

BARTON COUNTY —A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 6:30a.m. Sunday in Barton County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2018 Nissan Versa driven by Miranda L. Shives, 37, Hoisington, was westbound on Kansas 4 five miles west of Kansas 156.

The driver fell asleep and the car entered the north ditch, rolled and came to rest in a field.

EMS transported Shives to the hospital in Hoisington. She was properly restrained, according to the KHP.