A one-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon sent two to Hays Medical Center.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, around 3:17 p.m. 18-year-old Kathleen Shields of St. Louis, Missouri was eastbound on I-70 near mile post 144.5 when a deer crossed the interstate in front of her vehicle. Shields maneuvered to avoid the deer when she entered the south ditch and overturned an unknown number of times, with the vehicle coming to rest on its wheels facing north.
Shields and her 19-year-old passenger, Joseph Earsom, of Highland Ranch, Colorado were both transported to Hays Medical Center with injuries. Their conditions were not released.
Both were wearing their seatbelts.