THOMAS COUNTY —Two people were injured in an accident just before 2p.m. Friday in Thomas County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Mack truck driven by Todd Alan Westphal, 50, Hoisington, was eastbound on Interstate 70 approximately four miles east of the Oakley exit in the road construction zone. The vehicle rear-ended a stationary milling machine operated by Caden Wilson McGee, 20, Great Bend.
After impact the truck traveled off the roadway to the left, crossed the median, both westbound lanes and overturned onto the passenger side in the east ditch.
EMS transported McGee and Westphal to the Logan County Hospital. Westphal was properly restrained, according to the KHP.