HUTCHINSON, Kan. — An Emporia man was seriously injured in a semi accident in Reno County Thursday morning.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 62-year-old Ralph Oakes was going west on US-50 west of Burrton when his rig hit two cows in the roadway. The semi went into the north ditch and overturned.
Oakes was was extricated from the semi, and transported by EMS to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for treatment.
The accident happened around 3 a.m., about four miles west of Burrton.