Photos from Saline County Sheriff’s Office
SALINE COUNTY — Two Kansas men were injured after a pair of accidents on Monday morning in Saline County.
The Saline County Sheriff’s Office reported a pickup driven by Scott Herbel, 45, Solomon, was traveling on Interstate 70 just after 6:30 a.m. near the Niles Road exit.
Herbel lost control of the pickup on the icy road and it rolled.
Herbel was transported to Salina Regional Medical Center with a head injury, according to Sheriff’s Captain Roger Soldan.
Just after 7 a.m., a pickup driven by Rogelio Luera, 25, McPherson, was northbound on Interstate 135 near the Falun exit. Luera lost control of the vehicle on the ice. It slid through the median and hit a southbound tanker truck driven by Cale Swartz, 40, Solomon.
Luera was transported to Salina Regional Health Center for complaints of head pain, according to the Sheriff.
Swartz was not injured.