Oct 01, 2024

Kan. man hospitalized after teen driver rear-ends swather

Posted Oct 01, 2024 9:40 AM

PHILLIPS COUNTY—Two people injured in an accident just after 8p.m. Monday in Phillips County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 driven by Louis B Bohl, 18, Phillipsburg, was eastbound on U.S. 36 approximately 2 and one half miles west of U.S. 183.

The pickup rear-ended a Swather harvesting farm implement driven by Gail D. Blew, 56, Phillipsburg.  After impact the farm implement turned sideways and struck a guardrail.

EMS transported Blew to the Phillips County Hospital.  Bohl, who was not wearing a seat belt, had minor injuries and was not transported for treatment, according to the KHP.