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Sheriff: Kan. man located, cited after search following rollover crash

Photo Saline Co. sheriff
Photo Saline Co. sheriff

SALINE COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Saline County.

First responders spent much of Tuesday night into Wednesday morning looking for Jeremy Fundenberger, 37, Lyons, after he lost control of a 2015 Chevy Colorado pickup near Bell Road and Camarena Road, according to Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan.

Just after 10p.m., deputies were sent to the crash site by a passerby who found a wrecked pickup, and talked to the driver, who when offered help walked away, according to Soldan.

Fundenberger was found early Wednesday morning at the Niles exit on Interstate 70 after he had gotten a ride from someone.

He told deputies that he thought he might have a broken arm and he also fell into a creek during the night.

The pickup is owned by Mid States Infrastructure Corp of Indianapolis.

6-7 Crash 2Fundenberger was taken to Salina Regional Health Center for treatment of injures, and will be cited for driving at unsafe speeds and leaving the scene of an injury accident.

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