May 06, 2023

Kansas man hospitalized after accident in the fog

Posted May 06, 2023 6:45 PM

RUSSELL COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 8a.m. Saturday in Russell County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Kenworth semi driven by 20-year-old Joshua Tair Vopat of Bunker Hill  was southbound on 176th at South County Road  ten miles south of Interstate 70.

Due to the fog, the driver failed to stop at the stop sign at the dead end of the road and came to rest in the ditch.

EMS transported Vopat to the Russell Regional Medical Center. He was properly restrained, according to the KHP.