Couple hospitalized after collision

A 19-year-old driver blacked out and crashed his pickup truck into a car Saturday, leaving a Lawrence couple hospitalized, police said.

The collision happened around 11:15 a.m. just south of 19th Street and Haskell Avenue.

The driver of the southbound black Ford Explorer, Cole Kilburn, drifted into the northbound lanes of Haskell and hit a grey Mercury Grand Marquis head-on, said Lawrence Police Sgt. Michael Monroe.

The driver of the car, Wilma Ridgway, 72, of Lawrence, was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where she was in fair condition.

Her husband and passenger, Willard Ridgway, 75, of Lawrence, was transported by ambulance to Kansas University Hospital. Monroe said his injuries were not life-threatening.

Kilburn, of Lawrence, was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released. Police are investigating what caused him to black out.