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SW Kan. man hospitalized after vehicle vaults, rolls

KHPFINNEY COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 8a.m. on Tuesday in Finney County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Kia Optima driven by Lawrence Michael Lamastres, 25, Garden City, was southbound on Business 83 Highway.

The vehicle traveled left of center, failed to stop at stop sign at the intersection of U.S. 83 and continued south across the intersection.

The driver over-corrected to the left.

The vehicle went into a passenger side vault upon leaving the roadway, rolled an undetermined amount of times and landed on its roof in a field.

Lamastres was transported to St. Catherine’s Hospital.

He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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