PIERCEVILLE-  A driver with a load of calves was injured in a Friday crash in Finney County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Chevy truck pulling a trailer loaded with calves and driven by Juan C. Pichardo, 36, Satanta, was traveling southbound on Pierceville Road ten miles south of Pierceville

The driver’s side rear tire blew out.

The driver lost control and drove into the southbound ditch, rolling into the field.

Pichardo was transported to St. Catherine’s hospital in Garden City.

The KHP reported he was wearing a seat belt.
The patrol office in Garden City did not have specific information on the number of calves that perished or were injured as a result of the accident.