ELLIS COUNTY —A KHP K9 was injured in an accident just before 3:30p.m. Friday in Ellis County.
According to Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Tod Hileman, troopers briefly shutdown Interstate 70 westbound between Walker and Hays to allow tow-trucks to remove a semi, involved in an earlier accident, from the median at the Walker bridge.
Traffic was routed to Old Highway 40 from Walker to Commerce Parkway in Hays and allowed back on Interstate 70.
During the shutdown, a westbound semi struck a State Trooper's vehicle with his K9 partner in the kennel. The trooper was outside the vehicle directing traffic and not injured. The K9 was rushed to a local veterinarian in Hays for treatment. Just before 6:30p.m., Hileman said "we are all hoping for the best."
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