Colorado woman hurt in I-55 crash Monday

JEFFERSON CITY – A 76-year-old woman from Florissant, Colorado suffered minor injuries in a traffic crash noon Monday which totaled her 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Zerita G. Rodriguez was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau by a Perry County ambulance.

The patrol says she was traveling southbound when she traveled off the right side of the road. She over-corrected and her car began sliding to the left, eventually running into the median cable.

The patrol says Rodriguez was buckled up.

The crash happened north of 136.8 mile marker.