Jun 01, 2024

SUV rolled on I-70 after driver fell asleep

Posted Jun 01, 2024 5:30 PM

ELLIS COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 9:30a.m. Saturday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1999 GMC Suburban driven by Gesualdo, David L. Gesualdo, 47, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, was westbound on Interstate 70 just before Walker Avenue.

The driver fell asleep. The SUV drifted into the median and the driver overcorrected. The vehicle began sliding sideways, struck a paved turn-around and rolled into the median.

EMS transported Gesualdo to HaysMed for treatment of a serious injury. He was properly restrained, according to the KHP.