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25-year-old hospitalized after Jeep hydroplanes on I-70

ELLIS COUNTY — A 25-year-old northwest Kansas woman was hospitalized after a single-vehicle accident at approximately 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2016 Jeep Cherokee driven by Skylar A. Stephen, Phillipsburg, was eastbound on Interstate 70 in eastern Ellis County when the vehicle hydroplaned. The driver lost control, spun through the media and westbound lanes of traffic before coming to rest in the north ditch.

Stephen was transported to Hays Medical Center for treatment of possible injury. She was wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

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