MARC JACOBS
Hutch Post
HARVEY COUNTY —Two people were injured in an accident just before 1p.m. Friday in Harvey County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Ford F560 driven by Samuel Weaver, 21, Hesston, was westbound on U.S. 50 just west of Hertzler Road. The truck crossed the center line and sideswiped a 2023 Chevy Silverado driven by Harry Woods, 70, Hutchinson and a 2015 Kenworth semi driven by Brett Shannon, 51, Grandview, Missouri.
EMS transported Weaver to Wesley Medical Center and Shannon to Newton Medical Center. The KHP did not report Woods was transported for treatment. All three drivers were properly restrained, according to the KHP.
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HARVEY COUNTY, Kan. — Three people were injured, one critically, in a three-vehicle crash involving two commercial vehicles on U.S. Highway 50 early Friday afternoon.
Emergency crews were called to the scene just before 12:50 p.m. The collision involved a truck tractor-semi trailer, a single-unit commercial work vehicle, and a pickup truck. The accident occurred between South Halstead Road and South Hertzler Road.
According to authorities, the crash occurred when one vehicle crossed the center line on the two-lane highway and sideswiped the pickup. That impact caused the pickup to veer off the roadway and roll onto its side in the ditch. The same vehicle then continued westbound in the eastbound lane and struck the semi in an offset head-on collision. After the impact, the vehicle that crossed the center line left the roadway and came to rest in the ditch.
The semi driver was able to maintain control and safely stop on the roadway.
Three people were transported from the scene. Two were taken to Newton Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. A third person, who sustained critical injuries, was transported to a Wichita hospital.
The crash remains under investigation, and additional details may be released as they become available.