Dec 13, 2024

2 from Hays hospitalized after SUV, deer crash

Posted Dec 13, 2024 10:40 AM

ELLIS COUNTY —Two people were injured in an accident just after 6:30p.m. Thursday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2025 GMC Terrain driven by Judith K. Smith, 74, Hays, was northbound on U.S. 183 approximately one and one half miles south of Hays.  The SUV struck a deer that had run onto the road.

EMS transported Smith a passenger in the vehicle, Leslie E. Smith, 78, Hays, to Hays Medical Center. Both were properly restrained, according to the KHP.