CLAFLIN, Kan. — Three people were injured in an accident just before 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in Barton County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Toyota Camry driven by Cary Wethington, 34, Hutchinson, was traveling eastbound on Kansas 156 one mile south of Claflin. The driver swerved to miss a deer in the roadway.
The vehicle hit the deer, entered the south ditch, striking a KDOT stop sign, vaulted across NE 130th Ave, struck a power pole on the east side of 130th Ave, and rolled. The occupants of the vehicle were entrapped.
Wethington was transported to Great Bend Regional Medical Center.
Passengers Macey D. Fagen, 23, and Forestwalker Burch, 15, both of Great Bend, were transported to Clara Barton Hospital.