HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 34-year-old Lyons man entered a plea to one count of aggravated battery while the state dropped three other charges. Ryan Cloud was granted three years community corrections on a three year, five month sentence.

Cloud had faced two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of DUI prior to entering the plea.

He admitted causing an accident back on Jan. 8 that injured a Hutchinson woman and a passenger in a third.

The accident occurred at the intersection of 23rd and Waldron when he collided with a vehicle driven by 56-year-old Jacqueline Cink of Caldwell, Kansas. That then caused her vehicle to strike a vehicle driven by John Wempe. Cink and a passenger in the Wempe vehicle were both injured as a result. Victoria Wempe suffered a broken sternum and broken ribs.

Cloud was under the influence of alcohol at the time. Judge Tim Chambers granted corrections on the recommendation of both the defense and the state.