Apr 22, 2020

Salina woman seriously injured when car strikes guardrail

Posted Apr 22, 2020 3:24 PM
<b>A Salina woman was seriously injured when this Buick Lucerne struck a guardrail on Watkins Road.</b> Photos courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office
A Salina woman was seriously injured when this Buick Lucerne struck a guardrail on Watkins Road. Photos courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office

A Salina woman was seriously injured in a single-vehicle accident northwest of Salina Tuesday evening.

Emergency responders were dispatched just before 7:30 p.m. to the 4400 block of West Watkins Road, approximately a half mile east of Lightville Road for the report of a vehicle that had struck a guardrail, Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning.

Callie Gustus, 30, of Salina, was eastbound on Watkins Road when she lost control of the 2007 Buick Lucerne she was driving, went off the right edge of the road, and struck the guardrail, Soldan said.

Gustus suffered a fractured ankle and internal injuries and was transported by EMS to Salina Regional Health Center to be stabilized before she was transported to Via Christi in Wichita, he said.