One woman was taken to Newman Regional Health for medical treatment after an incident on Interstate 35 near Emporia on Wednesday night.
Highway Patrol Lt. Eric Murray tells KVOE News a trooper tried to stop a small northbound U-Haul that was moving erratically and not using its headlights near mile marker 136, about three miles east of Emporia, shortly after 9 pm. As the vehicle continued, the trooper used what’s called a tactical vehicle intervention, or where the trooper’s vehicle bumps a corner of the other vehicle, in order to get it to turn sideways and stop. In this case, the U-Haul went off the highway into a ditch.
Emporia Police on site say the driver had minor injuries and was hospitalized afterward. Her name has not been released.
The case is still under investigation.
9:30 pm Wednesday night single-vehicle accident on I-35; details pending
Information is scarce following a single-vehicle injury accident on Interstate-35 Wednesday evening.
Emergency crews were called to the vicinity of I-35 mile marker 136, roughly three miles east of Emporia, shortly after 9:00 pm. The cause of the wreck is unknown; however, Emporia Police on scene tells KVOE News the vehicle, a U-Haul truck, allegedly fled an attempted traffic stop before the accident occurred.
Further details are currently pending. Emporia Police Officers, Lyon County Sheriff’s Deputies, Emporia/Lyon County EMS, and the Kansas Turnpike Authority all responded to the accident.
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