Nov 29, 2021

Hutchinson man involved in accident on Kansas Turnpike

Posted Nov 29, 2021 10:49 PM

El DORADO, Kan. — A Hutchinson man escaped injury in a three-vehicle accident on the Kansas Turnpike Monday morning.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 48-year-old Ernesto Reveles-Garcia was pulling a towed vehicle at a slow speed when he was hit from behind by a vehicle driven by 37-year-old Joshua Schneiter of Belle Plaine.

Schneiter’s vehicle then hit the barrier wall. Debris from his car also hit a semi driven by 71-year-old James Barton of North Dakota. He was not injured.

The accident happened around 7:20 a.m. north of El Dorado in Butler County.

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