Nov 25, 2023

Kansas man hospitalized after 2-vehicle I-135 crash

Posted Nov 25, 2023 8:00 PM

SALINE COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 9:30a.m. Saturday in Saline County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2018 Lexus driven by Richard Maldonado, 53, Wichita, was northbound on Interstate 135 just north of the Water Well exit..

The Lexus struck a northbound 1999 Jeep driven by Daniel  Berntsen, 36, Newkirk, Oklahoma, who had lost control of the vehicle and spun.

A private vehicle transported Maldonado to an area hospital.  Berntsen was and a passenger in the Jeep were not injured. All three were properly restrained, according to the KHP.