By Associated Press - Wednesday, January 16, 2019

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say a suburban Kansas City woman has died from injuries sustained when she crashed into a pond.

The Kansas City Star reports that police in Olathe, Kansas, say 61-year-old Helen Riddle apparently suffered a medical emergency last week before her sport utility vehicle struck a car and went off the side of a road. She then crashed through a fence before the SUV became submerged in the pond.

Police announced Tuesday that she died after she was rescued and rushed to a hospital with critical injuries. Divers also searched the water after the crash to make sure no one else had been in the SUV.



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Information from: The Kansas City Star, http://www.kcstar.com

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