Four people were injured in a strange accident on I-70 (207 milemarker, or 1 mile east of the I-70 & K232 junction) Thursday, around 9:25 pm.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, three males and one female from New Orleans were west bound on I-70 in a construction zone when their vehicle ran out of gas. While the car was still rolling the driver, 23-year-old Pokharel Rabin, tried to make a u-turn in an attempt to make it to a gas station he had just passed. The vehicle came to a stop before he could complete the turn, partially blocking the west bound lanes. Pokharel and a passenger, 22-year-old Sharma Jirjan, exited the vehicle and attempted to flag down traffic when another vehicle that was westbound on I-70, struck Rabin and their vehicle head-on.

Rabin along with two passengers; 52-year-old Kumari Pokharel Gita, and 60-year-old Kumar Pokharel Rohini, were injured. Gita and Rohini were transported to Ellsworth County Hospital, while Rabin was transported to Salina Regional.

The driver of the other vehicle, 29-year-old Francisco E. Lemus-Arita of Kansas City, was not injured but a passenger, 23-year-old Osmany Vazquez-Arita was transported to Ellsworth County Hospital with injuries.