RICE COUNTY- A Kansas teen was injured in an accident just before 5 p.m. on Sunday in Rice County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Mercury Mountaineer driven by Austin Hoffman, 16, Lyons,
was traveling on 15th Road and Avenue P two miles south of Lyons.
Hoffman exited the vehicle. Ashlyn Troyer, 16, Lyons got into the driver’s seat, drove the vehicle forward and struck Hoffman.
He was transported to Wesley Medical Center. Troyer and three other teens in the vehicle were not injured.
Troyer was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.