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Ellis Co. woman, child hospitalized after vehicle hydroplanes

Screen Shot 2014-07-03 at 5.13.15 AMSALINE COUNTY – Two people from Ellis County were injured in an accident just before 4p.m. on Friday in Saline County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Chevy HHR driven by Bettie Meade, 51, Schoenchen, was southbound on Interstate 135 just north of Salina.

The driver lost control of the vehicle when it hydroplaned.

The vehicle hit the west guard rail, then spun and hit the east guard rail.

Meade and a passenger Loucinda Meade, 8, Schoenchen, were transported to the hospital in Salina.

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

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