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Kansas man hospitalized after pickup spins into ditch

Monday crash south of Hays
Monday crash south of Hays

ELLIS COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 4:30 p.m. on Monday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Ford Edge driven by Katelyn Jo Rippe, 27, Hays, was southbound on U.S.183.

The driver attempted to make a left onto Mt. Pleasant.

A southbound 2004 F250 driven by Nicholas Erik Mitchell, 27, Otis, struck the rear of the Edge.

The collision caused the pickup to spin and come to rest on its side in the west ditch.

Mitchell was transported to Hays Medical Center.

Rippe and a 1-year-old in the Edge were not injured.

All three were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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