HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Two people were injured in a one-vehicle accident in the city Thursday 
afternoon.
Hutchinson Police say an SUV was going south on Elm, just south of 12th Avenue, at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control and struck a utility pole, snapping it in two. Lucky for the two people inside the vehicle, the pole stayed upright even after it was broken in two. Both were taken by EMS to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for treatment of what are believed to be minor injuries. No names have been released at this time.
Elm between 11th and 12th Avenues was blocked off most of the afternoon while Westar crews made repairs.