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Kansas woman hospitalized after car hits a fence post

SIMPSON, Kan- A Kansas woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident just after 2 p.m. on Thursday in Cloud County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Mazda driven by Shaila Danielle Ritz, 21, Salina, was westbound on U.S. 24 2 miles west of Simpson. The driver made an evasive maneuver and over corrected.

The vehicle entered the north ditch, struck an embankment and a fence post.

Ritz was transported to Mitchell County Hospital. A passenger in the vehicle Stephen James Kajka, 24, Salina was not injured.

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

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