Aug 28, 2020

Kansas woman hospitalized after SUV rear ends stopped semi

Posted Aug 28, 2020 8:00 AM

RUSSELL COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just before 9:30p.m. Thursday in Russell County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Chevy Tahoe driven by  Sonia L Offerle, 47, Offerle, was westbound on Interstate 70 one mile east of Bunker Hill.

The SUV rear ended a 2017 Freightliner semi that was stopped on the north shoulder of the interstate.

EMS transported Offerle to Russell Regional Hospital. The semi driver  Mohamed A Hassan, 27, Westerville, OH., was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.