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Woman seriously injured after falling asleep at the wheel

A 23-year-old woman was seriously injured in a crash Monday morning after falling asleep at the wheel.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 9:15 a.m., Kathleen A. Porter of Overland Park, Kansas, was driving a Chevrolet Aveo south on I-29 near mile marker 47. Porter fell asleep and her vehicle went off the road, hit a guardrail, overturned, hit a sign and came to rest on its wheels.

Porter was taken to Mosaic Life Care for treatment of serious injuries. According to the crash report, she was wearing a seat belt.

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