TREGO COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just after 8a.m. Thursday in Trego County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Hyundai Elantra driven by Tyler J. Morton, 30, Clarksville, Tennessee, was westbound on Interstate 70 two and one half miles east of the U.S. 40 business loop at WaKeeney.
The driver failed to yield to law enforcement when it attempted to cross the median into oncoming traffic.
The driver lost control of the car. It vaulted over a drainage terrace in the median. EMS transported Morton to Trego County - Lemke Memorial Hospital and a passenger Christopher Crain, 39, Nashville, to Hays Medical Center. They were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.