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Quinter man hospitalized after cattle truck overturns

KHPCLARK COUNTY – A man from Quinter was injured in an accident just after 8 a.m. on Thursday in Clark County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1996 Kenworth semi driven by Kirk W. Zerr, 50, Quinter, was northbound on U.S. 34 six miles south of Bucklin.

The truck left the roadway to the right and the load of cattle to shifted.

The driver was unable to gain control of the truck and it overturned.

Zerr was transported to the hospital in Ashland.

Several animals died in the accident, according to the KHP in Garden City.

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