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1 hospitalized after vehicle hydroplanes on I-70, sideswipes semi

Wet drive on I-70 Thursday KDOT camera image
Wet drive on I-70 Thursday KDOT camera image

RILEY COUNTY – One person was injured in an accident just before 1:30p.m. on Thursday in Dickinson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Mitsubishi passenger car driven by Shannon M. Timm, 41, Phoenix, AZ., was westbound on Interstate 70 just west of Tallgrass Road.

The vehicle hydroplaned on the wet surface and sideswiped a semi.

Timm was transported to the hospital in Manhattan.

The semi driver Bradley C. Pooler, 50, Delphos, was not injured.

Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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