Posted October 14, 2024 03:20am
(KNZA)--A Sunday afternoon one-vehicle Jefferson County crash sent a McLouth teenager to the hospital.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened on Wellman Road, just south of K-16, around 1:45.
According to the KHP report, 16-year-old Gretchen Copeland was northbound when her SUV left the roadway. Her vehicle vaulted over K-16 and overturned into the north ditch.
Copeland was transported to Topeka's Stormont-Vail Hospital with suspected serious injuries.
The Patrol says she was not wearing a seat belt when the crash occurred.