Weather apparently was not a factor in a crash that left a Towanda teenager hospitalized in Wichita.
It happened about 9:25 Friday morning at K-254 and Rock Road. Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper David Stivers says 17-year-old Duane Farmer was westbound in a 1990 Honda Accord, when he attempted a left hand turn onto Rock from K-254.
Stivers says Farmer's car was struck broadside by an eastbound SUV driven by 33-year-old Jamie Balderston of Andover. The impact sent both vehicles into the southeast corner ditch. Farmer was sent to Wesley Medical Center in serious condition, while Balderston was not hurt.
John Wright