THIS STORY HAS BEEN CORRECTED CONCERNING THE TRACTOR-TRAILER RIG THAT HIT THE PILOT VEHICLE.
SALINE COUNTY —Three people were injured in an accident just after 1p.m. Tuesday in Saline County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a pilot car, 2013 Chrysler 300 driven by Darlene McCall, 57, Houston, Texas, was stopped on Interstate 135 (I-135) south of Interstate 70 (I-70) to allow a tractor-trailer rig with an oversized load to merge onto northbound U.S. 81.
A 2016 Freightliner driven by Earl James Griffin, Jr., 61, Wichita, that was northbound on I-135 struck the Chrysler, traveled out of control across northbound lanes of I-135 and struck a concrete bridge railing.
The Freightliner continued through the bridge railing and vaulted onto the eastbound lanes of I-70 where it came to rest. A 2017 Dodge Ram driven by Durand L. Weidman, 65, Salina, was struck by debris that were falling onto I-70.
EMS transported McCall, Griffin and a passenger in the Chryser, Rosa Maria Orozco, 69, Lyford, Texas, to Salina Regional Health Center. Weidman was not injured.
All four were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
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UPDATE: Interstate 70 is open. The left northbound lane of Interstate 135/U.S. Highway 81 remains closed.
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UPDATE: Eastbound Interstate 70 is open, according to kandrive.org.
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Interstate 70 is closed in both directions at Interstate 135 after a tractor-trailer rig went off of I-135 and landed on I-70.
Watch the kandrive.org livestream here. Note: kandrive.org changes the camera angle occasionally, so you may not be able to see the scene of the accident.