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Teen injured in one-car accident
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Responders are shown at the bridge on north Frey St. (NE 10 Ave.) where a car went off the road Monday afternoon. The extent of the drivers injuries were unknown, but she was wearing a seat belt. - photo by COURTESY PHOTO
Kelsey Kaemmerer, 19, of Great Bend, was taken to Great Bend Regional Hospital on Monday after the car she was driving went off NE 10 Ave. (North Frey St.).The Barton County Sheriff’s Office reports Kaemmerer was driving north in the 100 block at 3 p.m. when she lost control of the car, a Chrysler 300M, due to the ruts or washboard of the road. The car went up the west side of a concrete bridge and onto the guardrail, traveled 50 feet along the guardrail and then rolled over the bridge. While in mid-roll the car hit the north bridge concrete and horizontal support on the west side.