Two Emporians were hurt as part of separate crashes in basically the same part of Interstate 35 near Emporia early Tuesday.
Emporia Police Capt. Ray Mattas says officers responded to a crash near the Industrial Road exit around 6:15 am. The wreck involved a car driven by 20-year-old Jaison Travelbee Jr. Mattas says Travelbee was northbound but lost control, hit a guardrail and rolled his vehicle an unlisted number of times. The car stopped in the southbound lanes.
Travelbee was taken to Newman Regional Health with unspecified injuries.
The second crash developed soon afterward, according to Lyon County Deputy Collin Brozek — at a time when there was a heavy response already on site, including Emporia Fire/EMS, Emporia Police, Lyon County deputies and the Kansas Department of Transportation. As law enforcement and KDOT were redirecting southbound traffic, a wreck happened involving two northbound vehicles — a car driven by 48-year-old Anitta Maldonado of Wichita and an SUV driven by 55-year-old Saeeda Khalil of Emporia. Brozek says Maldonado had slowed down because of the first wreck and Khalil’s vehicle rear-ended the Maldonado car.
Khalil was taken to Newman Regional Health with suspected minor injuries.
Passing lanes in both directions were closed for about 90 minutes to allow for the emergency responses and crash investigations.
9 am Tuesday: Lyon County deputies: Emergency response underway for I-35 wreck near Industrial when second crash develops
Details are pending about one of the two injury crashes that developed on Interstate 35 near Emporia’s Industrial Road exit Tuesday morning. Details are finalized on the other.
Lyon County Deputy Collin Brozek says there was a heavy response already on site after the first wreck around 6:15 am, including Emporia Fire/EMS, Emporia Police, Lyon County deputies and the Kansas Department of Transportation. The first crash involved a southbound vehicle that apparently rolled.
As law enforcement and KDOT were redirecting southbound traffic, a wreck happened involving two northbound vehicles — a car driven by 48-year-old Anitta Maldonado of Wichita and an SUV driven by 55-year-old Saeeda Khalil of Emporia. Brozek says Maldonado had slowed down because of the first wreck and Khalil’s vehicle rear-ended the Maldonado car.
Khalil was taken to Newman Regional Health with suspected minor injuries.
One person was taken to Newman Regional Health from the initial wreck. Details have not been announced.
7:30 am Tuesday: Two people hospitalized after separate crashes on I-35 near Industrial
Two people have been hospitalized after separate wrecks on Interstate 35 near the Industrial Road exit Tuesday morning.
Emporia Fire/EMS took one person from the site of the initial wreck involving a southbound vehicle that apparently rolled. Crews also took one person from a northbound wreck involving two vehicles. Both patients went to Newman Regional Health.
Passing lanes were closed for nearly 90 minutes but have since reopened.
KVOE and KVOE.com will have updates.
7 am Tuesday: Traffic constricted on I-35 near Industrial Road after Tuesday-morning wrecks
Traffic is being constricted in both directions after a pair of reported injury crashes on Interstate 35 in northwest Emporia early Tuesday.
The emergency response to I-35 near the Industrial Road exit began developing around 6:30 am. Lyon County Emergency Communications has confirmed there were two crashes apparently just east of the interchange, one apparently involving a southbound vehicle and the other apparently involving two northbound vehicles.
It’s unclear whether anybody has been taken to Newman Regional Health, and it’s unclear whether the wrecks are connected in any way other than their location. Passing lanes in both directions are currently blocked as the emergency response and crash investigation continues.
KVOE and KVOE.com will have updates.
6:45 am Tuesday: Pair of injury crashes reported on Interstate 35 near Industrial Road exit
Local authorities and emergency responders have been toned out to a reported pair of injury crashes on Interstate 35 near Emporia.
The emergency response to I-35 near the Industrial Road exit began developing around 6:30 am. Currently, there are no details about the number of people or vehicles involved. There is also no information about what may have triggered this incident or incidents.
KVOE and KVOE.com will have updates.
