Three Wichita residents were hurt in a crash in southeast Chase County early Wednesday.
Emporia Fire/EMS and Kansas Highway Patrol troopers responded to the Kansas Turnpike at mile marker 113.9 southbound, 13 miles southwest of Emporia and 2 miles northeast of the Flint Hills cattle pens exit, shortly before 4:30 am. Troopers say 23-year-old Micheal Hinkle-Moreno was driving an SUV when he fell asleep at the wheel. The SUV went off the road into a ditch. Hinkle-Moreno overcorrected, with the SUV rolling once as a result.
Hinkle-Moreno suffered possible injuries, while two passengers, 37-year-old Brandi Moreno and 34-year-old Brandon Moreno, had suspected minor injuries. All went to Newman Regional Health for treatment.
5:50 am Wednesday
Three people were hurt in a crash in southeast Chase County early Wednesday.
Emporia Fire/EMS and Kansas Highway Patrol troopers responded to the Kansas Turnpike at mile marker 113 southbound, 13 miles southwest of Emporia and 2 miles northeast of the Flint Hills cattle pens exit, before 4:30 am. All three injured people were taken to Newman Regional Health. The nature and severity of injuries has not been divulged.
Crash details are currently pending through the Highway Patrol.
4:45 am Wednesday
Emporia Fire/EMS and law enforcement officials are responding to an injury crash on the Kansas Turnpike southwest of Emporia.
The crash has been reported at mile marker 114 southbound, 13 miles southwest of Emporia and 2 miles northeast of the Flint Hills cattle pens exit. Early indications are one vehicle and 3 people are involved. The vehicle is in a ditch, so currently there are no lane blockages nearby.
Additional details are currently pending.
