Salem Police say a 57-year-old Shattuc woman is believed to have sustained a medical problem on Wednesday afternoon before her car ran off West Main Street and crashed.
Witnesses indicate Martha Jenkins was westbound on West Main when she crossed the two eastbound lanes and struck a yellow concrete post used to close off the parking lot of the Marion County Savings Bank administrative offices. The car then crashed into an electric pole next to Taco Bell, before the passenger side spun into the side of the pole holding the large Taco Bell sign.
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Jenkins could not be reached on the driver’s side of the car so Salem Fire Protection District Firemen extricated her through the front passenger side door.
Jenkins was loaded into a United Medical Response ambulance and taken directly to the Salem Township Hospital helipad where she was airlifted to a St. Louis Hospital. Police believe her medical problems were probably more serious than the injuries she sustained in the crash.
The crash was reported around 1:30 Wednesday afternoon.
