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Russell man hospitalized after semi swerves to miss cow, rolls

KHPLANE COUNTY – A man from Russell was injured in an accident just before 11:30 p.m. on Sunday in Lane County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 semi driven by Daniel Vernon Jewell, 27, was westbound on Kansas 4 at Hickock Road, thirteen miles northwest of Dighton.

The driver attempted to avoid hitting a cow in the road. He lost control of the semi. It traveled into the westbound ditch and rolled.

Jewell was transported to the Scott County Hospital.

He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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