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5 hospitalized after SUV driver swerves to miss satellite dish in Trego Co.

KHPTREGO COUNTY- Five people were injured in an accident just before 2a.m. on Wednesday in Trego County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Ford SUV driven by Taimy Rivas, 25, Colorado Springs, CO., was eastbound on Interstate 70 three miles west of Ellis.

The driver swerved to avoid a satellite dish in the roadway.
The driver over corrected and the vehicle left roadway and rolled.

Rivas and passengers Lorenzo Rios, 25; Sahamy Milagros Espinoza, 15; Yamilet Rios-Gonzalez, 43; Yoelvis Rios, 14,  all of Colorado Springs, CO., were transported to the Trego County Hospital.

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

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