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Kan. teen hospitalized after car hit semi on I-70

TOPEKA – A Kansas teen was injured in an accident just after 10p.m. on Wednesday in Shawnee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Dodge Caliber driven by Shelby L. Ratner, 19, Topeka, was eastbound on Interstate 70 nine miles west of Topeka.

The driver lost control, entered the median and struck a westbound semi.

The Caliber came to rest on its top in the westbound lanes. After coming to rest, it was struck by a second vehicle.

Ratner was transported to Stormont Vail. The semi driver from Missouri was not injured.

She was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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