Oct 30, 2021

Driver hospitalized after van strikes deer, fences on I-70

Posted Oct 30, 2021 7:30 PM

TREGO COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 9a.m. Saturday in Trego County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2021 Dodge Ram van driven by Dawood S. Siknawi, 53, Anna, Texas  was westbound on Interstate 70 near Voda Road.

The van struck a deer, crossed the median over the eastbound lanes, traveled through a KDOT fence, a separate field fence and came to rest upright 100 yards into the field.

EMS transported Siknawi to Trego County Hospital.  He was properly restrained, according to the KHP.