By THE POST NEWS NETWORK
HARVEY COUNTY—Two people from Peabody were injured in a hit-and-run accident just before 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Harvey County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a westbound vehicle on northeast 60th Avenue and ran the stop sign at Kansas Highway 15 two miles north of Newton.
While making a left turn, the unidentified vehicle struck a southbound 2015 Nissan Altima driven by Carlos Javier Damian, 28, Peabody, and left the scene.
EMS transported Damian and a passenger Joselin M. Alfaro Espinoza, 26, Peabody, to Newton Medical Center. The occupants of the Nissan were properly restrained, according to the KHP.