Nov 30, 2023

2 NW Kansas teens hospitalized after SUV rolls

Posted Nov 30, 2023 12:00 AM

PHILLIPS COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just after 2:30p.m. Wednesday in Phillips County.

The Kansas HIghway Patrol reported a 2002 Ford Explorer driven by Brooklyn Jean Beckman, 17, Phillipsburg, was west bound on Kansas 9 a mile and one half west of Kirwin.

The passenger side tires of the SUV dropped off the pavement. The driver overcorrected and lost control of the vehicle. The SUV entered the north ditch and overturned 

EMS transported Beckman and a passenger Kyra Maureen Pirotte, 16,  Phillipsburg, to the Phillips County Hospital. They were both wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.