RUSSELL COUNTY —Two people were injured in an accident just after 8:30 a.m. Monday in Russell County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1998 Freightliner box truck driven by Zachary D. Messina, 31, was eastbound on Interstate 70 just east of Russell when driver feel asleep at the wheel.
The truck entered the median, and the driver over corrected causing vehicle to roll onto the passenger side.
EMS transported Messina and passenger Olivia P. Moreno, 28, and Kenneth R. Rapp, 21, Southhaven, Mississippi, to the hospital in Russell. They were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.