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3 hospitalized after wind blows semi onto SUV on I-70

THOMAS COUNTY — Three people were injured in an accident just after 2:30p.m. Sunday in Thomas County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2018 Hyundai SUV driven by Robert S. Krupp, 67, Concordia, MO., was stopped on the right shoulder of I-70 two miles east of the Levant exit due to heavy rain.

An eastbound 2018 Peterbilt semi driven by Cavarggio M. Thompson, 29, Mauldin, MO., was passing when the wind caught the truck and trailer and blew it over onto the Hyundai.

Krupp, Thompson and a passenger in the semi’s sleeper compartment Joseph Carson, 42, Mableton, GA., were transported to the hospital in Colby.

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

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