Hiawatha woman hurt in Thursday crash
11/30/2017

Kansas Highway Patrol

(KNZA)--A Thursday afternoon two vehicle Brown County wreck left an elderly Hiawatha woman hospitalized.

Injured in the wreck was 80-year-old Cora Rahe. The Kansas Highway Patrol says she was transported to the University of Kansas Hospital, in Kansas City, Kansas, for the treatment of disabling injuries.

The Patrol reports the crash happened shortly after 2:00 at the intersection of Raccoon and  240th Roads, east of Hiawatha.

According to the Patrol, Rahe was the driver of a car that was eastbound on 240th Road, when she was struck by a pickup truck traveling southbound on Raccoon Road.

The truck slid on gravel, sending it through the intersection and into Rahe's car.

The driver of the pickup, 19-year-old Robinson resident Lane Spiker, was not hurt.

The Patrol says both drivers were buckled up at the time of the wreck.


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