Sep 02, 2025

Driver hospitalized after she fell asleep, car rolled on I-70

Posted Sep 02, 2025 9:40 AM

ELLIS COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 3p.m. Monday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Toyota Scion driven by  Miranda  Wales, 32, Colorado Springs, was eastbound on Interstate 70 just west of Toulon.  The driver fell asleep. The vehicle traveled off the roadway to the right and rolled into the south ditch.

EMS transported Wales to HaysMed. She was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.