A rural Emporia teenager was taken to Newman Regional Health following a rollover accident north of Emporia Thursday.
According to Lyon County Deputy Jody Meyers, deputies, Emporia/Lyon County EMS were called to the 2800 block of Road L, roughly 12 miles north of Emporia, around 4 pm. Meyers says 17-year-old Shayne McGee of Rural Emporia was northbound on L in an F-150 pickup truck when he swerved to avoid an animal in the roadway.
McGee then left the roadway, entered the east ditch and then returned to the roadway crossing over the southbound lane of traffic before entering the west ditch and rolling onto it’s top. McGee was taken by ambulance to Newman Regional Health with undisclosed injuries.
He was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident.
