1 hospitalized after collision, fire on I-70

lifewatch — A St. Louis man was flown to a Wichita hospital following an accident on I-70 west of Ellis Friday evening. (Photo courtesy Darrel Goheen)

ELLIS COUNTY- One person was injured in an accident just before 6 p.m. on Friday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Honda passenger car driven by Eugene Kim, 29, St. Louis, MO., was westbound on Interstate 70 just west of Ellis.

The vehicle ran into the rear of a broken down U-Haul truck and caught on fire.

Kim was transported to St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita. The Kansas Highway Patrol did not know if he was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident.