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One injured when wind flips semi-truck on I-70

KHPSALINA-One man was injured in a crash blamed on Wednesday evening’s storm.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Freightliner semi-truck driven by Eric M. Tyszko, 56, Topeka was eastbound on Interstate 70 three miles east of the K156 Junction in Ellsworth County.

The truck going over a hill when a gust of wind caught the empty trailer causing it to flip over onto it’s side. Tyszko was not injured.

A passenger riding in the sleeper berth of the truck Charles Wynkoop III, 53, Valley Falls, was transported to Salina Regional Medical Center.

The KHP reported Tyszko was wearing a seat belt.

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