Jun 09, 2023

3 hospitalized after 2-vehicle I-70 crash

Posted Jun 09, 2023 11:30 PM

THOMAS COUNTY—Three people were injured in an accident just after 3:30p.m. Friday in Thomas County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan driven by Daniel  Kerksiek, 35, Colby, was eastbound on Interstate 70 just east of County Road 20.

The driver lost control of the van. It slid through the median sideways into the westbound lanes. A westbound 2020 Honda Ridgeline driven by  Wayne Coleman, 78, Jefferson City, Missouri, struck the Dodge on the passenger side.

EMS transported  Kerksiek, Coleman and a passenger in the Honda Mary Carolyn Coleman, 80, Jefferson City to Citizen's Medical Center. All three were properly restrained, according to the KHP.