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Kansas Turnpike Toll-Plaza semi crash under investigation

photo courtesy KAKE
photo courtesy KAKE

SUMNER COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities continue to investigate an accident that injured two people just after 3 a.m. on Wednesday in Sumner County.

The Kansas Turnpike Authority reported a van driven by Britt E. George, 50, Wichita, was northbound on Interstate 35 and stopped for a toll-booth ticket at the Arkansas City/South Haven plaza.

The van was rear-ended by a semi driven by Christopher J. McGahey, 32, Commerce City, Colorado.

Both drivers were transported to a local hospital.

George was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KTA.

The accident did significant damage to the toll plaza.

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