
SALINE COUNTY —A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 10:30a.m. Monday in Saline County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Freightliner semi driven by Ronnie Lee Hamby, Jr., 46, Ellsworth, was westbound on Interstate 70 just west of Hedville Road. The sem rear-ended a 2022 Peterbilt semi driven by Yaotzhin Daniel Ramirez-Montante, 35, Temixco, Mexico.

EMS transported Hamby to Salina Regional Health Center. Ramirez-Montante was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the KHP.

The crash temporarily closed westbound traffic on the Interstate for a couple of hours.
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