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Apr 25, 2026

Great Bend man hospitalized after pickup rollover accident

Posted Apr 25, 2026 10:30 PM

RICE COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 6a.m. Saturday in Rice County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Ford F150 driven by Stephen Crawford, 28, Great Bend, was eastbound on Avenue N three miles west of Lyons.  The driver swerved to miss a deer and the pickup rolled onto its top in the ditch.

EMS transported Crawford to the hospital in Lyons. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.