May 16, 2024

Driver hospitalized after semi overturns in Pratt County

Posted May 16, 2024 7:34 PM

PRATT COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 8:30 a.m. Thursday in Pratt County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Peterbilt semi pulling a tanker trailer and driven by Lyle G Liibbe, 64, Plainview, Nebraska, was westbound on U.S. 54 highway one half mile west of 120th Avenue.

Roadwork is occurring in this area of highway. The right front tire of the semi left the road. The vehicle traveled into a ditch and overturned.

EMS transported Liibbe to Pratt Regional Medical Center. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

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