Dec 26, 2021

2 hospitalized after car swerves to avoid truck, strikes power pole

Posted Dec 26, 2021 10:47 AM

BARTON COUNTY —Two people were injured in an accident just before 1:30p.m. Friday in Barton County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1992 Nissan truck driven by David D. Dixon, 81, Ellinwood, was eastbound in the 900 Block of East Barton County Road.

The Nissan crossed the center line. A westbound 2001 Chrysler 300 driven by David A. Simmons, 61, Stafford, left the roadway to the right to avoid a collision with the Nissan and struck a power pole.

EMS transported Simmons and a passenger in the Chrysler Claudia M. Whetstone, 86, Ellinwood, to the hospital in Great Bend

Dixon and a 7-year-old passenger were not injured. All four were properly restrained, according to the KHP.