Driver Loses Control of Motorcycle in Haskell County

A Garden City woman is in the hospital after an accident late Thursday night.  The Kansas Highway Patrol reports 55 year old Vicki Proffitt of Garden City was driving a motorcycle  headed north at 9:49 Thursday night on Highway 83 nine miles north of Sublette.  The front tire of the motorcycle dropped off an uneven surface on the side of the road causing the motorcycle to go out from underneath the rider.  The motorcycle entered a side skid and came to rest facing south on the southbound shoulder.  Proffitt was taken to Via Christi Hospital in Wichita with injuries.