Posted February 14, 2020 08:29pm
(KAIR)--A Lancaster teenager escaped serious injury Friday afternoon in a single-vehicle Atchison County wreck.
According to a report from Atchison County Undersheriff Toby Smith, 16-year-old Hayden Hinton was westbound on 286th Road, near Meade Road, when he lost control of his Jeep Wrangler. The vehicle flipped once and landed on its top along the north side of the road.
Smith said drifting snow along the roadway is believed to have contributed to the wreck.
Hinton was transported by EMS to the Atchison Hospital as a precaution.
The wreck was reported shortly after 3:45 Friday afternoon.