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Kansas woman, child hospitalized after car hits dog, flips

KHPFRANKLIN COUNTY – A Kansas woman and child were injured in an accident just before 1p.m. on Monday in Franklin County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse driven by Elizabeth Kaylynn Wright, 26, Osawatomie, was northbound on U.S. 169 just north of Virginia Road.

It was raining hard and the driver did not see a dog standing in the road.

The vehicle hit the dog, crossed the center and traveled into the southbound ditch, hit a culvert and flipped.

Wright and a 7-year-old passenger were transported to Miami County Hospital.

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

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