The Highway Patrol reports a Horton, Kansas man sustained minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle in which he was a passenger ran off the road one mile west of Bevier the morning of Wednesday, August 5th.
Twenty-nine-year-old Brent Gutierrez was treated and released at the scene. No injuries were reported for driver 38-year-old Jamie Long of Horton, Kansas.
The SUV traveled east on U. S. Highway 36 before running off the left side, striking a guardrail, returning to the road, and going off the right side. The vehicle came to rest on the south side of U. S. 36 in a ditch. The damage was described as moderate for the SUV.
The Patrol notes the driver and passenger wore safety devices.
The Macon County Sheriff’s Department and Ambulance assisted.