Aug 30, 2022

Kan. teen hospitalized after car strikes KDOT signs on I-70

Posted Aug 30, 2022 5:50 PM

ELLIS COUNTY—A Kansas teen was injured in an accident just before 7a.m. Tuesday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Ford Fusion driven by Jesse A. Lopez, 18, Dodge City was eastbound on Interstate 70 at Toulon Avenue.

The car left the roadway, struck a KDOT sign, continued in the south ditch, struck a concrete culvert and a second KDOT sign.  EMS transported Lopez to Hays Medical Center. He was properly restrained, according to the KHP.