Lincoln Towncar involved in Thursday’s I-70 crash- KHP Photo
ENTERPRISE, Kan. – Three people were injured in a pair of accidents just before 8 a.m. on Thursday in Dickinson County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Lincoln Town Car driven by Brenda Sue Denton, 51, Rutledge, TN., was westbound on Interstate 70 just east of Kansas 43.
The vehicle left the roadway and entered the center median.
The driver lost control of the vehicle, crossed into eastbound lanes of traffic and struck a 2005 Mercury Montego driven by Joseph W. Wolford, 58, Abilene.
Denton and a passenger Kari D. Rose, 28, Bean Station, TN., were transported to Geary County Hospital.
Wolford was not injured.
All were properly restrained at the time of the accident.
Sheriff’s vehicle involved in Thursday’s I-70 crash -KHP photo
Just before 8 a.m. according to the KHP, a 2008 Ford Econoline van driven by Thomas Grant Anderson, 79, McPherson, was eastbound on Intersatate 70 at the Kansas 43.
The driver failed to yield to emergency vehicles at the earlier accident striking a Sheriff’s Vehicle with emergency lights activated.
The van rolled into the south ditch.
Anderson was transported to Geary County Hospital. He was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident according to the KHP.