Jul 16, 2025

Kan. man hospitalized after construction zone crash

Posted Jul 16, 2025 5:45 PM

ELLIS COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 5a.m. Wednesday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan driven by  JJesus  Carrillo-Ramirez, 52, Russell, was Northbound in the 1100 block of Canterbury Drive.  The van traveled through the barricades and cones surrounding the roadway construction. The vehicle struck the cutout in the roadway causing it to become disabled and the airbags were deployed. 

EMS transported Carrillo-Ramirez to Hays Med by EMS for possible broken arm and leg. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.