SALINE COUNTY —Three people were injured in an accident just after 1p.m. Tuesday in Saline County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a pilot car, 2013 Chrysler 300 driven by Darlene McCall, 57, Houston, Texas, was stopped on Interstate 135 south of Interstate 70.
The driver was attempting to allow a 2016 Freightliner semi with an oversized load and driven by Earl James Griffin, Jr., 61, Wichita, to merge on northbound U.S. 81 from northbound Interstate 135.
The semi struck the Chrysler, traveled out of control across northbound lanes of I-135 and struck a concrete bridge railing.
The semi continued through the bridge railing and vaulted onto the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 where it came to rest. A 2017 Dodge Ram driven by Durand L. Weidman, 65, Salina, was struck by debris that were falling onto I-70.
EMS transported McCall, Griffin and a passenger in the Chryser Orozco, Rosa Maria Orozco, 69, Lyford, Texas, to Salina Regional Health Center. Weidman was not injured.
All four were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
UPDATE: Interstate 70 is open. The left northbound lane of Interstate 135/U.S. Highway 81 remains closed.
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UPDATE: Eastbound Interstate 70 is open, according to kandrive.org.
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SALINE COUNTY —Interstate 70 is closed in both directions at Interstate 135 after a tractor-trailer rig went off of I-135 and landed on I-70.
Additionally, northbound I-135 is closed at I-70 because of the accident.
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