The Kansas Highway Patrol has been working a car-semi crash on K-61 northeast of Hutchinson Thursday morning.
Two elderly residents from Hutchinson were flown from the scene to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. They were identified as the driver of a Toyota as 86-year-old Marjory McReynolds and her passenger, 87-year-old Kenneth McReynolds.
Apparently, Marjory was entering K-61 highway at 56th Avenue heading southbound. A semi driven by 49-year-old Rodney Simmons also of Hutchinson was also southbound in the left lane and McReynolds apparently pulled into the left lane causing the crash between the two vehicles. She was apparently trying to make u-turn across the median.
It happened around 8:40 a-m, Thursday morning and closed both lanes of the freeway for a time while emergency personnel worked the scene, including allowing a Midwest Lifeteam helicopter to land.