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Kan. man hospitalized after motorcycle hits car making highway u-turn

Motorcycle smallMEADE COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Meade County.

The Kansas Highway patrol reported a 2009 Honda Accord driven by Kirsten L. Gipson, 40, Meade, was eastbound on U.S. 54 twelve miles west of Meade.

The vehicle traveled to the shoulder and attempted a U-turn on the highway.

A 2007 Triumph motorcycle driven by Joseph H. Simison, collided with vehicle 1 hitting the drivers door.

Simison, 26, Wichita, was transported to Wesley Medical.

Gipson and 3 children in the Honda were not injured.

Simison was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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