Jan 02, 2022

Woman hospitalized in Salina after SUV rear-ends KDOT plow truck

Posted Jan 02, 2022 1:03 PM
photo courtesy Kansas Highway Patrol
photo courtesy Kansas Highway Patrol

SALINE COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just before 10 a.m. Saturday in Saline County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Chevy Tahoe driven by  Maria J.  Jimenez-Fleites,  59, Tampa, was southbound on Interstate 135 eleven miles south of Salina. 

The Tahoe rear-ended a 2007 International dump truck driven by Austin M Stach, 20, Lindsborg, who was plowing snow.

EMS transported Jimenez-Fleites to Salina Regional Health Center. Stach was not injured.  Jimenez-Fleites was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.