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Kan. man hospitalized after combine rolls off a bridge

police accident emergency crashHAVEN– A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 6p.m. on Friday in Reno County.

The Sheriff’s office reported a combine driven by Leroy Schmidt was traveling on Parallel at Rayl Road when the vehicle rolled off a bridge and into a culvert.

Schmidt was ejected from the combine and trapped under the header.

Haven EMS and Fire freed him and transported him to a Wichita hospital for head and back injuries, according to the sheriff.

The accident remains under investigation.

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