Jul 23, 2020

Teen hospitalized after car goes airborne, rolls in Trego County

Posted Jul 23, 2020 10:01 AM

TREGO COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just before 5 p.m. Wednesday in Trego County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Buick passenger car driven by Dallas Anthony Thompson, 17, Charleston, Arkansas, was westbound in the 2000 Block County Road G Terrace.

The driver lost control on the dirt road. The car slid into a field entrance sideways, went airborne and rolled.

EMS transported  Thompson to Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.