THOMAS COUNTY—Two juveniles were injured in an accident just after noon Thursday in Thomas County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2021 John Deere Side by Side driven by 14-year-old Miguel Garcia Luna of Rexford was northbound on County Road 31 twelve miles northeast of Colby.
The vehicle pulled out into the intersection at U.S. 83 in front of a westbound 1993 Dodge Dakota driven by Shaun D. Gilbert, 31, Rexford. The vehicles collided. The John Deere came to rest in the north ditch of U.S. Highway 83. The pickup came to rest on the westbound lane of the highway.
EMS transported Garcia Luna and a 12-year-old passenger on the UTV to Citizen's Medical Center in Colby. Gilbert was properly restrained and not injured, according to the KHP.