Sep 03, 2024

Driver injured in head-on crash after illegal u-turn on I-70 ramp

Posted Sep 03, 2024 9:40 AM

TREGO COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 9p.m. Monday in Trego County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Acura ILX driven by  Ralph Harding, 63, Colorado, was entering Interstate 70 from the on ramp at Collyer. The driver made an illegal U-turn and began driving eastbound in the westbound lanes.

A 2016 Freightliner semi driven by  Dilshod Usmonov, 34,  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, struck the Acura head-on. 

EMS transported Harding to the Gove County Medical Center. Usmonov was not injured. Harding was properly restrained, according to the KHP.