Jul 20, 2022

Newton man, 2 others hospitalized after 2-vehicle crash

Posted Jul 20, 2022 7:15 PM

OTTAWA COUNTY —Three people, including a man from Newton, were injured in an accident Wednesday morning in Ottawa County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reports  56-year old Nancy K. Gisi of Miltonvale was westbound on Sunset Road at U.S. 81, when she failed to yield to oncoming traffic, and pulled into the path of a northbound SUV driven by 35-year-old Curtis J. Bethea II of Newton, which hit Gisi's vehicle in the drivers side. Both vehicles came to rest in the northbound passing lane of U.S. 81.

photo courtesy KHP
photo courtesy KHP

EMS transported Gisi, a passenger in her vehicle, 30-year-old Jennifer L. Gavin, also of Miltonvale, and Bethea to Salina Regional Health Center. All three were properly restrained, according to the KHP.

The accident happened just after 8 a.m. seven miles north of Minneapolis or about 30-miles north of Salina.