BARTON COUNTY — According to the Barton County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a reported injury accident on US 56 southwest of Great Bend at Dundee just before 8 a.m. Monday.
Deputies located a two-vehicle collision which closed the roadway for nearly 2 hours.
Investigation at the scene indicates that a 2011 Honda Accord operated by Aaron Gonzales age 19 of Kinsley, Kansas was eastbound entering a curve. It appears the Honda crossed left of center striking a 2010 Ford F250 Super Duty pulling a trailer operated by Israel Soto age 38 of Hutchinson, Kansas.
Upon impact the Accord traveled several hundred feet east coming to rest in the south ditch. The F250 and trailer jackknifed entering the north ditch.
Gonzales was trapped in the vehicle for approximately 40 minutes while personnel from the Great Bend Fire Department extracted him. Once removed from the vehicle, Gonzales was transported to the Great Bend airport where he was taken by aircraft to a Wichita area hospital with serious injuries.
Soto, as well as two passengers in the F250 sustained minor injuries and were treated at the scene by Great Bend EMS personnel.
The Sheriff’s Office is assisted at the scene by the Great Bend Fire Department and EMS service, Kansas Department of Transportation as well as the Kansas Highway Patrol.
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