Mar 04, 2022

Driver hospitalized after semi strikes concrete culverts

Posted Mar 04, 2022 5:00 PM

CHEYENNE COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 5a.m. Friday in Cheyenne County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Peterbilt semi driven by  Jacob Anthony  Stevens, 30, McCool Junction, Nebraska, was northbound on Kansas 27 four miles north of the U.S. 36 Junction.

The semi traveled left of center, crossed into the southbound lane, entered west ditch and struck two concrete culverts.

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