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Kansas man hospitalized after I-70, head-on semi crash

KHPWABAUNSEE COUNTY – A Manhattan man was injured in an accident just before 3a.m. on Friday in Wabaunsee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Lincoln passenger car driven by Collin A. Wood, 23, Manhattan, entered westbound Interstate 70 from the Vera Road exit ramp.

The Lincoln traveled eastbound in the westbound lane and struck a semi head-on

Wood was transported to Stormont Vail.

The semi driver Khyl J. Buckallew, 57, Excelsior Springs, Mo., was not injured.

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

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