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SW Kan. woman hospitalized in Hays after crash with semi

LANE COUNTY — Three people were injured in an accident just afer 1p.m. Thursday in Lane County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Dodge Dakota driven by Gerhard Knehans, 72, Garden City was eastbound on Kansas 4 four miles east of Kansas 23

The pickup was behind a 2012 Kenworth semi driven by Christopher Lawrence, 39, Scott City, that
was making a left turn on to a field road.

The Dodge attempted to pass, struck the semi on the front drivers side and rolled.
Knehans and Lawrence were transported to the Lane County Hospital in Dighton.

A passenger in the Dodge Gayle Knehans, 72, Gerden City, was transported to Hays Medical Center.

All three were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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