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Kansas man hospitalized following head-on dump truck crash

Screen Shot 2014-05-20 at 9.53.00 AMPOMONA, Kan—A Kansas man was injured in a Wednesday afternoon head-on crash in Franklin County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Chevy Lumina driven Joseph V. Washington, 59, Ottawa was westbound on K-68 one mile east of Pomona.

The vehicle went left of center and collided with Peterbilt dump truck head on.

Washington was transported to Overland Park Regional Medical Center. The truck driver Laten M. Clark, 73, Ottawa, was not injured.

The KHP reported Washington was properly restrained at the time of the accident.

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