SALINE COUNTY —Two people including a Kansas State Trooper were injured in an accident just after 2p.m. Wednesday in Saline County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 driven by Robert Roswell, 61, Rock Springs, Wyoming, was west Bound on Interstate 70 two miles west of the Interstate 135 interchange.
The pickup entered the shoulder lane and rear-ended a Kansas Highway Patrol 2021 Dodge Durango driven by Trooper Steven Sneath, 64, Geneseo, who was legally stopped on the westbound shoulder of the interstate performing a motorist assist with the patrol vehicle's emergency lights activated.
EMS transported Roswell and Sneath to Salina Regional Health Center. The KHP released no additional details. The Trooper was alert and conscious, according to a social media report from the KHP.
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SALINE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating after a Kansas Highway Patrol vehicle was struck while a trooper was assisting a motorist in the westbound lanes on Interstate 70 just east of Halstead Road in Saline County, according to a social media report from the KHP.
The Trooper is alert and conscious, according to the KHP.
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