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2 hospitalized after truck travels down embankment, hits tree

KHPWICHITA – Two people were injured in an accident just before 10:30a.m. on Friday in Sedgwick County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Ford Truck driven by Jason F. Oliver, 38, Wichita, was northbound on Interstate 135 just south of South Hydraulic in Wichita.

The vehicle drifted to the right and struck a bridge rail.

The driver overcorrected. The vehicle went down the embankment and struck a tree.

Oliver and a passenger Cynthia M Oliver, 41, Wichita, were transported to Wesley Medical Center.

The KHP reported both were properly restrained at the time of the accident.

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