Two women were injured in a Wednesday evening accident in Riley County. Bonnie Turner, 53, of Joplin, Missouri and Bethany Thurston, 23, of Pittsburg, Kansas were both taken to Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan following the five p.m. accident on westbound I-70 near the Riley-Wabaunsee county line.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Turner was driving a 2005 GMC Envoy westbound in the right lane when the vehicle left the north side of the roadway and overturned. Both women had seat belts on.