Nov 10, 2022

Larned woman hospitalized after car strikes a deer

Posted Nov 10, 2022 3:30 PM

STAFFORD COUNTY —A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 7 a.m. Thursday in Stafford County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2021 Nissan Sentra driven by Jerold D. Lorence, 62, Minneapolis, Kan., was eastbound on U.S. 50 approximately two miles east of the U.S. 281 Junction. 

The car struck a deer that ran into the roadway.

EMS transported a passenger Cynthia M. Thomas, 63, Larned, to the Stafford County Hospital.  Lorence was not injured. Both were properly restrained, according to the KHP.