A teenaged driver suffered apparently minor injuries after a wreck just east of Emporia on Tuesday.
Lyon County Deputy Jim Baker says the crash happened on Road 175 near Road N shortly before 7:45 am. Baker says 16-year-old Abril Ruiz, hometown not listed, apparently ran over a pickup truck hitch that was just west of a bridge. Ruiz lost control of the vehicle, which went down a hill, went about 80 yards across an open field and passed through a line of trees before ending up in a creek.
Ruiz was wearing her seatbelt at the time of the wreck. She got out of her vehicle and was taken by ambulance to Newman Regional Health afterward.
