Jan 30, 2020

2 adults, 2-year-old hospitalized after I-70 crash

Posted Jan 30, 2020 6:07 PM

SHERMAN COUNTY — Three people were injured in an accident just after 4a.m. Thursday in Sherman County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Lexus IS300 driven by Bernedett Damron, 25, Colorado Springs, was westbound on Interstate 70 fifteen miles west of Goodland.

The vehicle left the roadway, entered median and struck a guardrail. The guardrail went through the vehicle, according to the KHP.

 Damron was air-lifted to a hospital in Denver. Passengers Michael Roy Smith, 28 and Lilah Wilds, 2, both of Colorado Springs were transported to the hospital in Goodland.

Only the 2-year-old was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.