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Kansas man hospitalized after semi hits a dirt bike

Motorcycle smallFINNEY COUNTY- A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 5p.m. on Wednesday in Finney County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Peterbilt semi driven by Andres Chavez-Morales, 25, Garden City, was southbound on Farmland Road just south of U.S. 50.

The truck was following a Honda off-road dirt bike driven by Carlos Ortega, 55, Garden City, that was slowing for a left turn.

The semi tried to pass and collided with the dirt bike.

Ortega was transported to St. Catherine Hospital. He was not wearing a helmet, according to the KHP.

Chavez-Morales was not injured.

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