Dec 26, 2022

NW Kansas man hospitalized after semi overturns

Posted Dec 26, 2022 10:05 PM

SMITH COUNTY—A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 9a.m. Monday in Smith County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a  2011 Freightliner semi driven by Anthony Dustin Hankinson, 48, Phillipsburg, was eastbound on Kansas 9 eight miles west of U.S. 281. 

The semi left the roadway and entered the south ditch. The driver overcorrected, came back up on the highway and the semi overturned.

EMS transported to Hankinson to the Smith County Hospital. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.