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Victoria woman hospitalized after Jeep reportedly runs stop sign

VICTORIA — A woman from Victoria was injured in an accident just before 12:30 p.m. Thursday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Joan I. Ostmeyer, 63, Hays, was on the Interstate 70 eastbound exit 168 off-ramp.

The KHP reported the vehicle failed to yield at a stop sign and struck a 2013 Chevy Equinox driven by Elizabeth M. Haynes, 33, Victoria, that was northbound on Kansas 255.

Haynes, Ostmeyer and three children in the Jeep were not injured.

A passenger in the Jeep, Mary K. Tranco, 58, Victoria, was transported to Hays Medical Center.

All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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