Two semi’s colliding with each other in Pratt County Monday afternoon resulted in an Illinois man being taken to the hospital. Taken to Pratt Regional Medical Center was 40-year-old Velibor Kecojevic of Belvidere, Illinois.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a semi driven by 31-year-old Jordan M. King of Sawyer was preparing to turn left onto Northeast 70th Street and was yielding to southbound traffic. Kecojevic was also northbound and attempted to pass the other semi, but King started his left turn and then Kecojevic’s semi struck King’s. King was not injured in the crash.
The accident occurring around 12:25 p-m, on K-61, 2-miles west of Preston.