A Brookfield woman sustained serious injury when her vehicle slid into a bridge guardrail along U.S. Route 36 on Sunday, March 1.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that the one-vehicle crash occurred around 7:25 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of Route 36 at the Grand River bridge west of Chillicothe. Troopers say that the 37-year-old driver’s SUV slid on the roadway, striking the guardrail before coming to a controlled stop facing north on its wheels. The woman was taken to a Kansas City area hospital. Troopers note that she was wearing her seat belt at the time of the crash.