TREGO COUNTY —Three people were injured in an accident just after 9p.m. Sunday in Trego County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Hyundai Elantra driven by Chad M. Uhrich, 27, WaKeeney, was eastbound on Interstate 70 just east of WaKeeney.
The Hyundai rear-ended a 2008 Mercedes-Benz M35 SUV driven by Peyton K. Jensen, 29, Kansas City, Mo., that had slowed to due the dust storm.
EMS transported Uhrich, Jensen and a passenger in the Mercedes Miranda R. Goodwin, 26, Hutchinson, to Trego County-Lemke Memorial. All three were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
The interstate was closed from WaKeeney to Russell for several hours due to the dust storm. The high winds and blowing dust was responsible for many other non-injury accidents that temporarily closed portions of K283, K96 and K4 Sunday evening.
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An injury accident on I-70 near the Trego/Ellis County line had eastbound traffic backed up for miles early Sunday evening.
The accident occurred as visibility was near zero in areas of northwest Kansas as high winds blew dust and debris across the roadway.
At around 8:15 p.m. at least two cars were involved in the accident in the Eastbound lane of I-70, with one coming to rest facing west in the eastbound lane near mile marker 131.
Emergency responders from Trego and Ellis Counties were on the scene along with Kansas Highway Patrol troopers.
Traffic was backup up for miles in both directions as responders worked to clear the scene, with eastbound traffic nearly stopped for almost an hour.
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