Aug 12, 2020

2 hospitalized after camper rolls on Interstate 70

Posted Aug 12, 2020 6:44 PM

SALINE COUNTY —Two people were injured in an accident just after 11a.m. Wednesday in Saline County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Ford pickup pulling a 2012 camper and driven by  Dennis D.  Nickelson,  66, Jefferson City, MO., was eastbound on Interstate 70 just west of the Hedville-Culver exit.

The pickup fishtailed and made physical contact with a 1987 Kenworth semi driven by  Lawrence Bustamante, 65, Garden City, causing the camper the Ford was pulling to roll and stop in the median.

EMS transported  Nickelson and a passengerNancy Lee Nickelson, 64, Jefferson City, MO., to Salina Regional Health Center.  Bustamante was not injured. All three were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the K HP.