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Kansas woman hospitalized after collision with a semi

KHPFORD COUNTY- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 9a.m. on Thursday in Ford County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Freightliner semi driven by Hugo Ernest Alvarez-Cisneros, 43, Wichita, was eastbound on U.S. 400 five miles east of Ford.

The truck collided with a westbound 2005 Chrysler Van driven by Lorena Velaquez-Vazquez, 34, Dodge City, in the westbound lane.

Velaquez-Vazquez was transported to Western Plains Medical Center. Alvarez-Cisneros was not injured.

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

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