TREGO COUNTY —Two people were injured in an accident just after 7p.m. Christmas Day in Trego County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2009 GMC Yukon driven by Kelsee Gutierrez, 38, Scott City, was westbound on Interstate 70 just west of Riga Road.
The driver lost control on the icy roadway. The SUV struck the guardrail on the north edge of the roadway, vaulted over the guardrail, rolled down the embankment and came to rest on the drivers side facing southwest.
EMS transported Gutierrez and a passenger Adrian V. Gutierrez, 39, Scott City to the Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital. Both were properly restrained, according to the KHP.