Two drivers were transported to the hospital Thursday afternoon following a two-vehicle crash on I-70 eastbound just south of the K-177 junction.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol a 2024 Tesla, driven by 73-year-old Terry Roehr of Colorado Springs, was attempting to enter I-70 from the eastbound on-ramp at K-177 when the vehicle hydroplaned due to wet conditions. The Tesla collided with a pickup truck as it was spinning on the highway.

The pickup was driven by 16-year-old Sawyer Ibarra of Alma, Kansas. Both drivers were taken to Ascension Via Christi in Manhattan with possible injuries. Both were wearing seat belts.

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A Manhattan woman was hospitalized following a single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on K-177 near mile marker 96.

According to the Geary County Sheriff’s Office, the crash occurred at approximately 3:38 p.m. on July 18. Payton Schlieper was driving a Toyota Prius southbound when she failed to negotiate a right-hand turn onto the westbound ramp of I-70, reportedly due to excessive speed.

The vehicle went through a guardrail and came to rest in a ditch. Schlieper and any additional occupants were transported to the hospital for medical evaluation.

No further details about the extent of injuries were immediately available.

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Wet conditions caused a 3-vehicle crash on US-77 Sunday, about four miles south of Junction City.

The Geary County Sheriff’s Office says it happened just before 3:30 pm when a SUV, driven by Alleigh Swarts, of Manhattan, hyrdroplaned in the southbound lane and side swiped a northbound passenger car, driven by Keenan Sanger-Koepke, of Herington. After swiping the first car, Swarts then struck a northbound Chevy Silverado, driven by Travis Hiatt, of Manhattan.

Hiatt and other occupants in his vehicle were transported by EMS to Stormont Vail-Flint Hills for medical evaluation. The extent of their injuries wasn’t immediately available.

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An early Thursday morning accident in Geary County resulted in a Junction City man driving into Milford Lake.

According to Kansas Highway Patrol reports, 32-year-old Paul Pacholski was westbound in his 2019 Jeep Compass on Farnum Creek Road from US 77 highway and struck a pole and a delineator post before driving off the roadway and into the lake.

Pacholski was transported to Stormont Vail with a suspected minor injury.

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Two people, including a Manhatan resident, were taken to Stormont Vail Hospital in Junction City on Tuesday afternoon following an accident in Geary County.

The accident occurred just prior to 4:30 p.m. on I-70 just a mile west of K-18 when a 2012 Ford F150 driven by Bryce Morgan, 48, of Manhattan was rear-ended by a 2013 Acura RDX driven by Mary Siemans, 72, of Olathe.

Both individuals were transported to the hospital for suspected minor injuries. Morgan was taken by a private vehicle to the hospital for his injuries. Both were wearing safety restraints according to the KHP crash log.

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