Rescue workers extricated one driver involved in an injury crash west of Emporia on Monday morning.
Lyon County Deputy Jody Meyers says deputies, Highway Patrol troopers and Emporia-Lyon County EMS crews went to the 300 block of US Highway 50, or just east of Road C, around 7:15 am. They found a two-vehicle crash after a car driven by Cody Maloney and a pickup truck driven by Jonathon Dahlke of Orion, Mich., collided.
Dahlke, who was westbound, apparently crossed the center line for currently unknown reasons and hit Maloney’s car in the front driver’s corner.
Maloney had to be extricated by rescue workers before he was taken to Newman Regional Health for observation and treatment. Dahlke originally declined transport but later went to Newman Regional Health by private vehicle.
Both drivers were wearing seatbelts. They were the only people in their respective vehicles.
Deputies continue their investigation.
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An investigation is underway after an apparent two-vehicle collision west of Emporia on Monday morning.
Early indications are a pickup and car collided on US Highway 50 near Road C before 8 am. The car driver was taken to Newman Regional Health for observation and possible treatment. The truck driver declined a trip to a hospital afterward. Both vehicles sustained heavy damage.
Traffic was blocked for both directions, with westbound traffic backed up at least two miles before authorities started letting drivers past the wreck site.
Further details are pending. We’ll keep you updated on KVOE and KVOE.com.
9 am Monday: US-50 traffic slow going west of Emporia after wreck
Traffic on West US Highway 50 remains at least partially clogged after a crash Monday morning.
Details are pending, but the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened in the 300 block of the highway, or near the intersection with Road C. Westbound traffic was reportedly backed up all the way to Road E shortly before 8 am, but the Sheriff’s Office says traffic is not backed up to that degree now. Eastbound traffic has also been affected, although the impact level has not been confirmed.
There is no current confirmation on the number of vehicles involved or whether anybody was injured.
We’ll keep you updated on KVOE and KVOE.com.
Photos by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
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