The Kansas Highway Patrol is reporting two injury accidents in area counties Tuesday evening. Flora Riley, 18, of Manhattan was taken to Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan following an accident in Wabaunsee County. Riley was driving a 2003 Nissan Altima westbound on I-70 when for an unknown reason Riley lost control and went into the center median. The vehicle rolled into the eastbound lanes of I-70, coming to rest on the driver’s side. The accident was reported at 5:15 p.m. 10 miles west of Topeka. Riley was wearing a seat belt.
And a 29-year-old Junction City woman was taken to the hospital following a two vehicle accident in Geary county at 4:45 p.m., also near I-70. Christa Rodriguez was driving a 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and after stopping at a stop sign on the westbound off ramp, she started to make a right turn onto highway 77. A second vehicle which was northbound, wasdriven by Allen Pavluk, 25, of Junction City. Pavluk did not reportedly pay attention to a stop sign and rear ended Rodriguez’s Chevrolet. Rodriguez was taken to Geary Community Hospital. A passenger in her vehicle and Pavluk were not injured.
