Investigators say they got some leads Sunday after an injury hit-and-run crash on Interstate 35 east of Emporia early in the day.
Lyon County Deputy Sgt. Doug Stump says all leads are currently under investigation after a crash that happened around 6:30 am at mile marker 142 northbound, or nine miles east of Emporia.
Childers suffered apparently non-life-threatening injuries and was able to get back to the car after both were hit. He was taken to Coffey County Hospital in Burlington for treatment. The hospital does not release patient conditions to the media and a condition update from law enforcement is pending.
Further descriptions of the truck and driver are not immediately available.
Stump encourages people to step forward with any information they may have in this case. If you have information, call the Lyon County Communications Center at 343-4225 or the Coffey County Sheriff’s office at 620-364-2123.
9:30 am Sunday: Lyon, Coffey county deputies seeking white delivery-style box truck after I-35 hit-and-run
Deputies in Lyon and Coffey counties are looking for the truck that allegedly hit an Olathe man and then left the scene of what turned out to be an injury crash early this Sunday morning.
Coffey County authorities were first alerted to the crash on Interstate 35 around 6:30 am, although the wreck was later pinpointed on the Lyon County side of the line at mile marker 142, nine miles east of Emporia’s eastern city limits and just east of the Kansas Highway 130 Hartford-Neosho Rapids exit. Lyon County authorities were then notified about 20 minutes after the initial call.
Lyon County Deputy Sgt. Doug Stump says 66-year-old Larry Childers of Olathe had pulled off the highway so his wife could change a diaper. He was out of the car when a truck then hit both Childers and the car.
There is no description available on the truck’s driver at this time.
Childers, meanwhile, suffered apparently non-life-threatening injuries and was able to get back to the car after both were hit. He was taken to Coffey County Hospital in Burlington for treatment. The hospital does not release patient conditions to the media.
If you have information that can help solve this incident, call the Lyon County Communications Center at 343-4225 or the Coffey County Sheriff’s office at 620-364-2123.
7:50 am Sunday: One person to Coffey County Hospital after hit-and-run crash on I-35
Lyon County deputies say one person was hurt after a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 35 near the Coffey County line early Sunday.
Coffey County authorities were first alerted to the crash around 6:30 am, although the wreck was later pinpointed on the Lyon County side of the line at mile marker 142, nine miles east of Emporia’ eastern city limits and just east of the Kansas Highway 130 Hartford-Neosho Rapids exit.
Lyon County Deputy Sgt. Doug Stump says the early indications are a car was northbound on the Interstate and had to park on the shoulder for currently unlisted reasons. A white box truck then hit both the car and a person outside it, stopped briefly and continued to the north.
Further descriptions of the truck and driver are not immediately available.
The injured person was taken to Coffey County Hospital in Burlington for treatment. That person’s name has not been released.
If you have information that can help solve this incident, call the Sheriff’s Office at 341-3205.
Photos by Chuck Samples/KVOE News
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