Jul 20, 2023

Kan. man hospitalized after semi jack knifed in storm on I-70

Posted Jul 20, 2023 9:40 AM

SHERMAN COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 6p.m. Wednesday in Sherman County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Freightliner semi driven by Steven K. Yoho, 60, Wichita, was eastbound on Interstate 70 one mile west of County Road 2.

 A gust of wind pushed the semi's empty trailer towards the median. The semi jack knifed and came to rest in the median.

EMS transported Yoho to Citizen's Medical Center. He was properly restrained, according to the KHP.