Jan 05, 2025

Driver hospitalized after Jeep slides on the ice, overturns

Posted Jan 05, 2025 2:00 AM

HARVEY COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 5:30p.m. on Saturday in Harvey County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Jeep Wrangler driven by Aden Forkner,  20, Burleson, Texas, was northbound on Interstate 135 near Kansas 196.

The Jeep slid off the icy road. The vehicle struck a  guardrail and then overturned in the southbound lanes of the Interstate.

EMS transported Forkner to Wesley Medical Center. He was properly restrained, according to the KHP.