May 30, 2026

Driver hospitalized after motorcycle struck a deer on I-70

Posted May 30, 2026 9:40 AM

GOVE COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 8:30p.m. Saturday in Gove County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Harley-Davidson driven by Thomas W Redinger, 39, Pueblo, Colorado, was eastbound on Interstate 70 just east of the Rexford exit in the passing lane.  The motorcycle struck a deer.

EMS transported Redinger to the Logan County Hospital. He was wearing a helmet, according to the KHP.