Oct 18, 2023

Driver. hospitalized in Hays after semi overturns on I-70

Posted Oct 18, 2023 11:30 PM
Photo Kansas Highway Patrol
Photo Kansas Highway Patrol

ELLIS COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 9a.m. Wednesday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Freightliner semi driven by  Robert W. Miller, 45, Springfield, Missouri, was westbound on Interstate 70 just west of Yocemento Avenue.

The driver made an evasive maneuver and lost control of the vehicle. The semi left the roadway to the right and when the driver attempted to correct back to onto the roadway it overturned in the north ditch.

EMS transported Miller to Hays Medical Center. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.