ELLIS COUNTY — Two people were injured in an accident just after 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Ellis County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2020 Peterbilt semi driven by Shane Slenning, 24, Post Falls, Idaho, was westbound on Interstate 70 five miles west of the U.S. 183 exit.
The semi began to slide off the icy surface then slid sideways and overturned.
EMS transported Slenning and a passenger — Bradley C. Sprague, 24, Clinton, Utah — to Hays Medical Center. Sprague was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.