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Driver hospitalized after Osborne Co. semi crash

OSBORNE COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just before 4:30a.m. Saturday in Osborne County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Chevy Colorado driven by Ricky E. Benfield, 60, Granite Falls, NC., was northbound on Kansas 181.

The driver failed to stop at a stop sign at U.S. 24 in Downs.

A westbound 2004 International semi driven by Carl E. Schwerman, 63, Beloit, struck the Chevy on the passenger side.

Benfield was transported to Wesley Medical Center. Schwerman and a passenger in the Chevy Charles E. Townsend, 69, Hudson, NC., were not injured.

The occupants of the Chevy were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.

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