by Neil Ochs ~ Great Bend Post
On Saturday, an accident on US Highway 281 resulted in the injury of a driver and his passenger.
According to the Barton County Sheriff’s Department, at approximately 3:17 on Saturday afternoon, 53-year-old Curtis Snider of Morrison, Colorado was driving a 1992 Freightliner northbound on Highway 281. Snider lost control of the vehicle at mile marker 102 when a strap securing his load broke, shifting the weight of the vehicle, causing it to go into the east ditch.
The vehicle slid sideways, coming to rest on the driver’s side. Snider and his passenger, 47 year old Judy Carter of Morrison, Colorado, were taken to Great Bend Regional Hospital for treatment of lacerations and head injuries sustained in the accident.