ELLSWORTH COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just after 9a.m. Thursday in Ellsworth County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Chevy Silverado driven by Neldon Fick, 68, Ellsworth, was eastbound on Kansas 140 just east of 29th Road. The pickup left the roadway while the driver was distracted and a struck barbed wire fence and post.
EMS transported passengers Michael K. Fick, 13; Rebecca Lynn Fick, 38, both of Joplin, Mo. and Matthew K. Fick, 44, Carthage, Mo. to the hospital in Salina.
Neldon Fick was not injured. All four were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.