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Kansas woman hospitalized after car hits a fence post

SIMPSON, Kan- A Kansas woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident just after 2 p.m. on Thursday in Cloud County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Mazda driven by Shaila Danielle Ritz, 21, Salina, was westbound on U.S. 24 two miles west of Simpson. The driver made an evasive maneuver and over corrected.

The vehicle entered the north ditch, struck an embankment and a fence post.

Ritz was transported to Mitchell County Hospital. A passenger in the vehicle Stephen James Kajka, 24, Salina, was not injured.

The KHP reported both were properly restrained at the time of the accident.

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