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A Kansas State University student suffered critical injuries after she fell about 70 feet from a bridge near Manhattan Friday night, authorities said.<\/p>\n
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A Kansas State University student suffered critical injuries after she fell about 70 feet from a bridge near Manhattan Friday night, authorities said.<\/p>\n
First responders were called to a crash involving multiple vehicles around 8:45 p.m. Friday near the Kansas Highway 18 and East Riley Avenue interchange in Ogden, which is about 10 miles southwest of Manhattan, the Riley County Police Department and the Manhattan Fire Department said in a news release.<\/a><\/p>\n Witnesses said the woman had been standing on the shoulder and jumped to avoid being hit by a vehicle that was swerving to avoid debris and other vehicles in the road. The woman then tumbled about 70 feet down below the bridge, and authorities said they had to use rescue equipment to lift her back up. She suffered major injuries in the incident, they said.<\/p>\n The woman was taken to a hospital in Manhattan and then to a hospital in Topeka for treatment.<\/p>\n A GoFundMe page<\/a> established for the woman who fell said she was a student at Kansas State. The page had raised about $7,000 as of Monday evening.<\/p>\n \u201c(She) was near a multi-vehicle crash, standing on the shoulder when she jumped backward- accidentally falling off the bridge to avoid being struck by another vehicle, which was swerving to avoid debris and other vehicles in the roadway,\u201d the page said. \u201cShe fell approximately 70 feet and sustained fractures to her pelvis and back. She is currently being hospitalized but she is going to be okay!\u201d<\/p>\n Related Stories from Kansas City Star<\/p>\n
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