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Kansas man injured in Semi-truck cattle crash on I-70 UPDATE

Truck involved in Friday night I-70 crash
Truck involved in Friday night I-70 crash

A Kansas man was injured when a semi-truck pulling two trailers he was driving hit a herd of cattle on I-70 Friday night.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol Fifty-seven year old Troy Smith of Wichita was driving a 2013 Freightliner semi-truck westbound on I-70 at the K156 junction in Ellsworth County just before 11:30 p.m. and hit a cow in the driving lane.

Smith lost control of the vehicle, it continued into the north ditch, hitting other cattle, and eventually rolled 1.5 times, coming to rest on its top in the north ditch. Smith was transported to the hospital in Salina. He was wearing a seat belt.

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