Troopers with the Kansas Highway Patrol’s Troop C responded Tuesday to a serious injury crash near the Chapman interchange on Interstate 70, temporarily closing access into Chapman via Rain Road.

According to the KHP crash log, the incident occurred at approximately 2:28 p.m. when an eastbound Chevrolet Impala exited I-70 at mile marker 286 and failed to yield at a stop sign. A Peterbilt semi-truck traveling through the intersection struck the Impala on the driver’s side.

The driver of the Impala, 88-year-old Jerry Ray May of Colorado, sustained suspected serious injuries and was transported to Wesley Medical Center. A passenger, Brent Cooper May, 56, also of Colorado, suffered minor injuries. Both were wearing seat belts.

The semi-truck driver, identified as 20-year-old Collin William Gfeller of Chapman, was not injured.

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A Manhattan woman sustained a minor injury Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash near the junction of I-70 and K-177 in Geary County.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 3:35 p.m. on July 18, when a pickup truck exited I-70 and attempted to cross K-177 to assist at another collision scene. The truck failed to yield at a stop sign and was struck by a 2019 Cadillac XT4 traveling northbound.

The driver of the truck, 19-year-old Nicholas K. Newland of Kamuela, Hawaii, was wearing a seatbelt and was not injured. The driver of the Cadillac, 33-year-old Ashley N. Taitano of Manhattan, was transported to Ascension Via Christi for treatment of suspected minor injuries. She was also wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

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A Chapman man was involved in a single-vehicle accident Thursday morning after his car hydroplaned off the road on K-244.

According to the Geary County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the crash just after 8 a.m. Clayton M. Price was traveling westbound  when the vehicle lost traction, slid off the roadway to the south, and struck a tree.

Price sought medical evaluation following the crash.

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A Manhattan woman and two others were injured in a Monday morning crash near Milford State Park.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a northbound Chevy Suburban attempted a U-turn on US-77, just north of the K-57 junction, but did so in front of a northbound Ford Flex, resulting in the crash. Authorities say 36-year-old Sarah Kohler, of Manhattan, who was a passenger in the Suburban, sustained a minor injury. The 27-year-old driver, Julieanne Bettis, of Belleville, also sustained a minor injury.

The driver of the second vehicle, a 40-year-old Texas woman was not injured.

The highway patrol says all three drivers were properly restrained.

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