Injured UTV accident sends one person to hospital

On Wednesday morning, at 10:36 a.m., an injury accident occurred approximately 50 feet north of the Cosmetology building on Frontage Road near Seward County Community College.

A Polaris UTV driven by Tucker Smith, 26, of Kismet was traveling north on a campus road and turned the corner to head east. Smith turned the corner and accelerated. The occupant in the bed of the UTV, Jacob Still, 29, of Tyrone, OK, lost his balance and fell from the UTV. He was taken to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita with suspected serious injuries. Smith was not injured.

A second passenger in the UTV, Breckin Buttry, 20, of Liberal, was not injured