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2 SW Kansas men hospitalized after Jeep collides with a Chevy

LAKIN – Two Kansas men were injured in an accident just after 2 p.m. on Sunday in Kearney County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Chevy Malibu driven by Jonathon Rodriquez, 27, Deerfield, was making a right turn from Road 180 onto U. S. 50 one mile east of Old Highway 50.

The vehicle failed to yield for oncoming traffic.

A 2005 Jeep Liberty driven by Joseph Jackson, 38, Lakin, was eastbound on U.S. 50 and struck the Chevy.

Rodriquez was transported to Kearney County Hospital.

Jackson was transported to St. Catherine’s Hospital in Garden City.

The KHP reported the drivers were not wearing seat belts.

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