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Kan. man hospitalized after 2-vehicle crash into creek

KHPHARVEY COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 11a.m. on Monday in Harvey County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Dodge passenger car driven by Frank T. Haas, 55, Hutchinson, was northbound on Ridge Road approaching U.S. 50 three miles west of Newton.

The driver ran the stop sign at U.S. 50.

A westbound 2010 Freightliner truck driven by Jose A. Valdivia Navarro, 25, Newton, hit the Dodge in the intersection.

Both vehicles traveled northwest through the intersection, went through the guardrail and came to rest in the creek.

Valdivia Navarro was transported to the hospital in Newton.

Haas was not injured.

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

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