BARTON COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident involving a mail delivery car just after 11a.m. Wednesday in Barton County.
According to the sheriff's office, a 1994 Jeep driven by Ronald D. Hanhardt, 71 of Otis, was northbound on NE 70th Avenue and failed to yield right-of-way to a 2001 Dodge passenger car operated by Preston L McCord, age 18 of Ellinwood, at E. Barton County Road.
The vehicles collided in the intersection continuing to the northwest, coming to rest in the ditch and field.
Ellinwood EMS transported both drivers to Ellinwood District Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
The Hanhardt vehicle rolled onto its side pinning the driver in the vehicle for a short period of time. He was extracted by the Ellinwood Fire Department.
Hanhardt was transporting United States mail at the time of the collision. At some point during the accident, a large quantity of mail was ejected from the vehicle, according to Sheriff Brian Bellendir. Officials from the United States Postal Service were contacted to recover the letters and parcels.