A Hutchinson teen who was beaten at a party, then involved in not one, but two vehicle accidents, has been upgraded to fair condition at a Wichita hospital.

18-year-old Jesus Valtierra is current at Wesley medical Center where he was airlifted following the accident over the 4th of July Holiday.

According to Reno County Sheriff’s officials, it started when deputies were dispatched to a reported injury accident at 30th and Buhler Rd. When officers arrived, they couldn’t find any accident. A few minutes later, the Hutchinson Fire Department was dispatched to a car fire at the dead end of Old K-61 Highway and 43rd. They found that a truck had hit a tree head-on and the tree and the truck were on fire.

Valtierra was laying in the grass with his clothes partially burned off of him. He had a broken ankle, facial lacerations and other possible internal injuries. A second passenger in the vehicle, 14-year old Doshja Starks, received injuries to both legs and abrasions to her forehead.

The two individuals advised that they had been at a party and that Valtierra was the victim of an aggravated battery. Valtierra was placed into the back of the pickup and was being driven to the hospital when they apparently had an accident at 30th & Buhler Rd., but left there to go to the hospital when the accident on the Old K-61 occurred.

The driver apparently fled the scene, however, an individual was located later at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center and is being investigated as the driver. That person has still not been identified and no arrests have been made.