Jun 15, 2021

Woman injured after she falls asleep driving motorhome

Posted Jun 15, 2021 11:00 PM

ELLSWORTH COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Ellsworth County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Ford motorhome driven by Debora T. Lee, 60, Evergreen, Colo., was eastbound on Interstate 70 at Sylvan Grove.

The driver dozed off. The motorhome drifted off the roadway to the north, entered the median,  struck a storm drain, went airborne, and came to rest  in the median area.

EMS transported Lee to the hospital in Ellsworth. She was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.