An Americus woman suffered potentially serious injuries after a two-vehicle crash near the Lyon-Coffey county line Wednesday morning.
The crash was reported at Interstate 35 mile marker 142 southbound, 10 miles east of Emporia’s eastern city limits and between the Hartford-Neosho Rapids exit and the Lyon-Coffey county line, around 10:40 am.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says 59-year-old Wanda Kay Lara was southbound on I-35, driving a dump truck with the bed raised. The bed hit a bridge above the truck and landed on its passenger side, also hitting an unoccupied semi parked on the shoulder.
Lyon County Undersheriff John Koelsch says Lara was airlifted to Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka for care afterward. The Highway Patrol says Lara was not wearing her seatbelt at the time of the crash.
Koelsch says the wreck happened in a road construction zone, and southbound traffic was backed up for close to five miles after the wreck. It took over an hour for southbound traffic to start moving past the wreck site.
12:15 pm Wednesday: Truck driver airlifted to Topeka after construction zone crash near Lyon-Coffey county line
One person has been airlifted for medical treatment after a rolllover crash near the Lyon-Coffey county line Wednesday morning.
Lyon County Undersheriff John Koelsch tells KVOE News the crash at Interstate 35 mile marker 142, between the Hartford-Neosho Rapids exit and the Lyon-Coffey county line, was in a construction zone and involved an equipment truck around 10:45 am. The driver, currently unnamed, was airlifted to Stormont-Vail after being reported as pinned inside the truck.
Further details are currently pending and will likely be announced by the Kansas Highway Patrol. Besides troopers, emergency responders from Emporia and Hartford-Neosho Rapids, along with Lyon County deputies, all responded to the scene.
10:55 am Wednesday: Injury crash reported on Interstate 35 near Hartford-Neosho Rapids exit
Several law enforcement and emergency response agencies are responding to a reported injury crash east of Emporia.
Around 10:45 am, emergency responders from Emporia and Hartford-Neosho Rapids, along with Lyon County deputies and Kansas Highway patrol troopers, were dispatched to Interstate 35 mile marker 142, near the Hartford-Neosho Rapids exit, for a reported rollover crash involving a truck. Further details are currently pending.
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