Dec 19, 2023

2 hospitalized after I-70 rear-end crash

Posted Dec 19, 2023 12:30 AM

ELLSWORTH COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just after 2p.m. Monday in Ellsworth County. 

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Kenworth semi driven by Jonathan Wayne Fleming, 65, Cherryvale, was eastbound on Interstate 70 just east of the Sylvan Grove exit.

The semi rear-ended a 2006 Chevy Malibu driven by Serena Nicole Lynn Rosenberg, 27,  Park City, who was traveling at 60 mph because the car had a donut tire. 

EMS transported Rosenberg and a passenger Jacob Dasmin Strong, 23, Park City, to the hospital in Ellsworth. Fleming was not injured. All three were properly restrained, according to the KHP.