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2 from Pratt hospitalized after pickup jumps street, hits a tree

KHPKINGMAN, Kan. – A man and woman from Pratt were injured in an accident just before 1 p.m. on Saturday in Kingman County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Chevy Silverado driven by Raymond Leroy Lawson, 75,  was eastbound on U.S. 54 a mile west of Kingman.

The pickup crossed the centerline, went into the north ditch, jumped over NW 10 Avenue and came to rest after striking a tree.

Lawson and a passenger Bertha M. Lear, 86, were transported to the hospital in Kingman.

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

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