SHERMAN COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 1p.m. Saturday in Sherman County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2023 International semi driven by Thomas Craig Marcy, 62, Greenwood, Arkansas, was westbound on Interstate 70 just west of the U.S. 24 exit in the driving lane.
The semi struck a pedestrian identified as Elifonso Vargas, 48, Joshua, Texas, who just finished putting gas in his pickup.
EMS transported Vargas to the hospital in Goodland for treatment of a minor injury. Marcy was not injured and properly restrained, according to the KHP.