Jul 31, 2020

Man from Natoma hospitalized after head-on crash

Posted Jul 31, 2020 10:30 PM

NORTON COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 10:30a.m. Friday in Norton County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan driven by Axelson, Miles Axelson, 30, Natoma, was southbound on Norton County Road E12 just south of Kansas 9 highway.

The van crossed the center line and struck a 1992 Ford passenger vehicle driven by Victor Saenz Galindo, 51, Amarillo, Texas head-on. 

EMS transported Axelson to Wesley Medical Center. Galindo was not injured. Both driver were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.