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Kan. man hospitalized after crash blamed on distracted driver

Screen Shot 2014-07-03 at 5.13.15 AMANDERSON COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 2p.m. on Saturday in Anderson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Ford Expedition driven by Tryce Robert Nelson, 21, St. Paul, was westbound on U.S. 59.

The driver was distracted and collided with 2010 Subaru Legacy driven by Veronica Jean Jerome,45, Olathe, that had slowed and signaled to make a westbound turn onto north 2500 Road.

The collision caused the Subaru to roll.

A passenger in the Subaru Jonathon Taylor Wright, 21, Paola, was transported to Ransom Memorial Hospital.
Nelson, Jerome and another passenger in the Subaru were not injured.

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

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