ELLIS COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just before 10p.m. Monday in Ellis County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2018 Subaru Forrester driven by Alex D. Carroll, 34, Colorado Springs, was eastbound on Interstate 70 just east of the U.S. 183 exit.
The vehicle struck a deer that ran onto the roadway from the south ditch.
EMS transported a passenger Joanna W. Carroll, 37, Colorado Springs, to Hays Medical Center. The driver was not injured. Both were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.