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Kansas man hospitalized after concrete truck accident

KHP photo of Monday's cement truck accident
KHP photo of Monday’s  truck accident

HERINGTON – A concrete truck driver was injured in an accident just after 7 a.m. on Monday in Morris County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Mack concrete truck driven by Benjamin Thomas Reeves, 28, Junction City, was south bound on U.S. 77 four miles north of Herington.

The vehicle drifted to the right and down into the west ditch.

The driver over corrected and lost control of the truck.

It came back onto the road, overturned and blocked both lanes of traffic.

Reeves was transported to Herington Regional Hospital

The KHP was unsure if the driver was wearing a seat belt.

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