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Panhandle Scanner News · Aug 11, 2026 · 2m

An early morning accident sends one to the hospital. The call came in just before 4 a.m. out on Highway 26, near mile marker 39 between Minatare and Bayard. Nineteen-year-old female bleeding and complaining that her leg is stuck. State Patrol indicated that it was a one-vehicle accident with the nose of the car down on the culvert and the back end sticking up where the tow truck could grab it. Originally, they indicated a rollover, but then the medic who called in stated it was not a rollover and that the car had slid into the ditch. The female experienced prolonged extrication and was…