MORRIS COUNTY—Three people were injured in an accident just before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Morris County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Ford F150 driven by William M. Osborne, 81, Topeka, was northbound on Kansas 177 just south of Kansas Highway 4.
The pickup rear-ended a 2016 Chevy Malibu driven by Robin Robinson, 42, Osage City, who was following a slow-moving tractor and another uninvolved vehicle.
Osborne then lost control of the Ford pickup. It rotated counterclockwise and was perpendicular to the roadway. A 2019 GMC Canyon driven by Abernathy, Nolan D. Abernathy, 19, Emporia, struck the passenger side of the Ford.
The Ford and GMC pickup came to rest in the west ditch. The Chevy came to stop on the west shoulder.
EMS transported Abernathy and Robinson to the Morris County Hospital and Osborne to Stormont Vail in Topeka. An 8-month old girl in the Chevy was not injured and properly restrained, according to the KHP. Robinson was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.