MILDRED A multi-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon sent three people to the hospital and closed U.S. 59 for several hours.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported the accident occurred along U.S. 59, about a mile north of Mildred, when a northbound car driven by Kristi L. Hoard, 30, Fredonia, crossed the center line. Hoards car struck a southbound semitractor-trailer rig driven by Guy A. Runyon, 61, Russellville, Tenn., and then collided head-on with another southbound car driven by Mika M. Tyhurst, Smithville, Mo.
Hoard was flown from the scene to Freeman Hospital in…
