On December 5, 2022, at approximately 5:41 AM the Cowley County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the 32,000 block of US 77 Highway for a single vehicle injury accident. A 2021 silver Honda Civic Sport driven by Patrick Smith, 39 of Oklahoma left the roadway, went into the median of the divided highway, struck a raised portion, and continued northbound causing extensive damage to the vehicle as it rolled several times in the southbound lanes of US 77 Highway. The Arkansas City Fire Department on scene was able to extricate the driver from the vehicle and transported him to the South Central Kansas Medical Center for treatment. There was no one else in the vehicle.