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Kan. woman, 3 children hospitalized after I-70 semi crash

Crews were busy on Friday morning removing the semi from the crash site
Crews were busy on Friday morning removing the semi from the crash site

FT. RILEY – A Manhattan woman and 3 children were injured in an accident just before 6:30 p.m. on Thursday in Geary County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Freightliner semi driven by Abdelhadi Sweiti, 36, Chicago Ridge, IL., was westbound on Interstate 70 in front of Marshall Airfield.

The truck drove on to the north shoulder and struck a 2011 Town and Country Van driven by Anderson, Jennifer M. Anderson, 39, Manhattan, which was parked on the shoulder.

After the collision, the semi travelled across the median into the eastbound lanes and struck a Jeep driven by Steve Holler, 49, Lees Summit, MO.,

The semi continued into the south ditch and overturned.

Screen Shot 2015-09-11 at 10.35.32 AMAnderson and three children Braydon Anderson, 11, Ashton Dyer, 9, and Kennedy Dyer, 7, all of Manhattan, were transported to Geary County Hospital.

Sweiti and Holler were not injured. All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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