Sep 06, 2022

3 adults, 3 children hospitalized after head-on crash

Posted Sep 06, 2022 9:22 PM

STAFFORD COUNTY — Three adults and three juveniles were injured in an accident Tuesday morning in Stafford County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a pickup driven by 47-year-old James Lee Estes of Castle Rock, Colorado, was westbound on U.S. 50 when his vehicle traveled left of center and struck an eastbound car driven by 36-year-old Juan Carlos Gonzalez-Saldana of Dodge City head-on. 

EMS transported Estes to the Stafford County Hospital with minor injuries while Gonzalez-Saldana was taken to a Wichita hospital with serious injuries.

EMS also transported two passengers in the Gonzales-Saldana vehicle. They were 41-year-old Lucia Velez and a 15-year-old girl, both from Dodge City, to the hospital in Pratt. Two additional passengers in the car, a 5-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl, both from Dodge City, were transported to Wesley Medical Center. 

The accident happened around 9:40 Tuesday morning, two miles east of St. John.

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