ELLSWORTH COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 11a.m. Monday in Ellsworth County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2025 Freightliner semi driven by Mary Elizabeth Peden, 58, Williamston, South Carolina, was westbound leaving the rest area on Interstate 70 just west of the Kansas 156 exit. The vehicle traveled off the roadway, entered the north ditch at a slow speed and rolled onto its side..
EMS transported a passenger Michael Arnold Pace, 67, Williamston, South Carolina, to the Ellsworth County Medical Center. Peden was not injured. Pace was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.