ASSARIA -- A Manhattan woman was injured when she was struck by a vehicle on Old Highway 81 near Assaria early Friday morning.
Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning that emergency personnel were sent to South Old Highway 81 approximately a half-mile north of Assaria Road at 2:42 a.m. Friday for the report of a pedestrian who walked out into the highway being struck by a northbound vehicle.
Soldan said the driver, Joseph Fraizer, 32, of Salina, who was in a 2003 Honda Odyssey, swerved in an attempted to avoid hitting Cheyenne Hamilton, 22, of Manhattan, but ended up striking her. Hamilton was transported by EMS to Salina Regional Health Center with serious injuries to her legs, he said.
As for how Hamilton ended up on the highway, Soldan said that Hamilton had an argument with a male friend. He stopped the vehicle they were in, she got out, and he left, Soldan explained. Soldan said he believed alcohol played a role in Hamilton's behavior.