Wet road blamed for injury accident

Laurie Sisk/Tribune photo Emergency personnel work the scene of an injury accident late Thursday afternoon near Range Road and 235th St.

A Fort Scott teen was hurt in a one-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon north of Fort Scott.

Ivanna J. Smith, 16, of Fort Scott, was injured when the 2006 Chevrolet Equinox she was driving south on 235th Street struck water on the roadway and hydroplaned. Smith lost control of the vehicle and entered the west ditch. The vehicle rolled twice before coming to rest on its tires, a Kansas Highway Patrol report said.

The accident took place just before 3 p.m. Thursday on 235th Street north of Range Road about five miles north of Fort Scott.

The KHP report said Smith had been wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. She was taken to Mercy Hospital Fort Scott.

The vehicle was towed from the scene.