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Kan. woman hospitalized after semi rear-ends SUV

mhp khp emergencyLENEXA- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 5 p.m. on Thursday in Johnson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Peterbilt semi driven by Blackmore II, Robert Melvin Blackmore II, 55, Kansas City, was northbound on Interstate 35 at 87th Street in Lenexa.

A 2001 Chevy Tahoe driven by Ana Maria Gomez-Martinez, 37, Kansas City was also northbound and slowed in response to traffic. The semi could not stop in time and rear-ended the Chevy.

Gomez-Martinez was transported to Overland Park Regional Medical Center.

The KHP reported both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident.

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