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Dighton man hospitalized after pickup rear-ends school bus

FINNEY COUNTY — A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 6:30a.m. Friday in Finney County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Ford F150 driven by Joshua Lewis, 33, Dighton, was southbound on U.S. 83 fifteen miles south of Scott City.

The pickup rear-ended a USD 466 Scott County Community school bus driven by Cozetta J. Yeager, 22, Scott City, that was slowing to make a left turn.

Lewis was transported to Hays Medical Center. Yeager was not injured. There were no students on the bus.

Lewis was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

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