Dec 26, 2022

Baby injured after pickup strikes guardrail in Ellsworth County

Posted Dec 26, 2022 11:00 AM

ELLSWORTH COUNTY— One person was injured in an accident just before 7:30p.m. Sunday in Ellsworth County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2020 Dodge Ram driven by Jose L. Murillo, 47, Colorado Springs, Colorado, was eastbound on Interstate 70 a mile east of 6th Road. 

The driver lost control due to ice on the roadway. The pickup left the roadway, struck a guardrail and came to rest in the median.

An infant, one of three children in the vehicle, had a minor injury.  Murillo and another passenger in the vehicle were not injured. The injured child was not properly restrained, according to the KHP.