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2 hospitalized after semi collides with teens in a jeep

GREAT BEND – Two people were injured in an accident just before 1 p.m. on Wednesday in Barton County.

The Barton County Sheriff’s office reported a 2005 Jeep Cherokee driven by Addison Westoff, 15, Great Bend, was northbound on Northeast 10th Avenue.

The Jeep entered the intersection at Northeast 100 Road.

A 2007 Peterbilt semi hit the jeep in the passenger side and shoved it into the south ditch. The semi overturned.

The semi driver, Scott Mitchell, 28, Great Bend, and a passenger in the Jeep Elsi Miller, 15, Great Bend, were transported to Clara Barton hospital in Hoisington.

Westoff was cited for failure to yield right of way and another passenger in the Jeep Madison Otter, 15, Great Bend, was cited for not wearing a seat belt according to the Sheriff.

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