A motorhome was destroyed after a crash and resulting fire in northern Coffey County on Monday.
Sheriff Thomas Johnson says deputies received numerous calls for a vehicle fire on Interstate 35 near the BETO Junction exit shortly after 4:15 pm. Deputies found the motorhome on its side, blocking both lanes of northbound traffic.
The motorhome had a tire blow out, which caused the vehicle to hit the guardrail and bridge at the I-35 junction with US Highway 75.
The motorhome was pulling a trailer containing a small tractor. The trailer left I-35 and landed on US 75 below.
The motorhome had one person, a currently unnamed driver, who got out unhurt. There were also no injuries after the trailer and tractor landed on US-75.
The motorhome caught fire and was a total loss.
7:30 pm Monday: Fiery crash destroys camper outside BETO Junction
Early indications are nobody was seriously hurt or killed after a fiery crash in Coffey County on Monday.
Kansas Highway Patrol Lt. Rick Wingate says a pickup was pulling a camper on Interstate 35 and was going over US Highway 75 just north of BETO Junction when the camper overturned and caught fire.
Reports of the camper exploding and sending part of the undercarriage down to US-75 below have not been confirmed by the Coffey County Sheriff’s Office. Details about how the incident developed are currently under investigation.
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