Jul 08, 2021

Woman, 2-year-old hospitalized after SUV rolls

Posted Jul 08, 2021 9:00 AM

ELLSWORTH COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just before 11:30p.m. Wednesday in Ellsworth County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Toyota Highlander driven by Amanda Lee Strouse, 40, Mountain Home, Arkansas, was westbound on Interstate 70 at the Kansas 14-Ellsworth exit.

The driver lost control of the SUV. It crossed the median and rolled into the north ditch.

EMS transported Strouse and a passenger Ryder Ply, 2, Mountain Home, Arkansas, to the hospital in Ellsworth. Both were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.