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3 hospitalized after 2 Logan Co. accidents blamed on slick roads

KHPMONUMENT – Three people were injured in 2 accidents just after 12:30 p.m. on Saturday in Logan County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Chevy Passenger vehicle driven by Leroy David Pierce, 84, WaKeeney, was traveling on U.S. 40 two miles west of Monument.

The driver lost control of the vehicle due to west and slushy road conditions. The vehicle left the road, entered a field and rolled.

A few minutes after the crash a 2004 GMC passenger vehicle driven by Todd M. Brown, 30, Lamar, CO., slowed to help the Chevy. Brown lost control of the vehicle in the wet, slushy conditions. The vehicle entered the ditch and rolled.

Brown, Pierce and a passenger in the Chevy Luella F. Pierce, 80, were transported to Logan County Hospital.

The KHP reported all were properly restrained at the time of the accidents.

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