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Kansas woman hospitalized after head-on semi crash

ELLSWORTH COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident early Saturday in Ellsworth County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Lincoln LS driven by Alexandria N. Greenwood, 20, Kanopolis, was eastbound on Kansas 156 and turned to go westbound on 8th Street in Ellsworth.

A  westbound 2017 Freightliner semi driven by Pascual Lopez-Acosta, 58, Dodge City, struck the Lincoln head-on.

Greenwood was transported to the hospital in Salina. Lopez-Acosta was not injured.  Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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