By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A Salina man is missing his car after it was stolen from the side of Interstate 135 in far southern Saline County.
The 28-year-old man told deputies that he was northbound on I-135 at approximately 9:15 p.m. Sunday when his tan 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix broke down near milepost 79 a bit north of Bridgeport, Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning.
The man left the car parked alongside I-135, and when he returned to retrieve it shortly after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, it was gone. Soldan said that although the Kansas Highway Patrol had marked the car for towing, it had yet to have the car towed. A check with area wrecker services found no one who had towed it, he added.
Additionally, the owner still had the keys to the car in his possession and had secured it before leaving.
The car had a crack in its windshield and a sticker on a window. Soldan said the car had a Kansas license plate of 506MZK. The car was valued at $1,450.