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Woman from Hays hospitalized after I-70 accident

ELLIS COUNTY – A woman from Hays was injured in an accident just after 3p.m. on Saturday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Chevy Avalanche driven by Matthew Hayes, 40, Hays, was towing a trailer eastbound on Interstate 70 one mile west of U.S. 183.

The trailer started whipping and the driver lost control of the vehicle.

The trailer overturned in south ditch.

A passenger in the vehicle Crystal Hayes, 45, was transported to Hays Medical Center.

The driver and another passenger Christopher Mitchell, 40, Hays, were not injured.

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

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