By NATE KING
Salina Post
SALINE COUNTY —Two people including a Kansas State Trooper were injured in an accident just after 2p.m. Wednesday in Saline County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 driven by Robert Roswell, 61, Rock Springs, Wyo., was westbound on Interstate 70 two miles west of the Interstate 135 interchange.
The pickup entered the shoulder lane and rear-ended a Kansas Highway Patrol 2021 Dodge Durango driven by Trooper Steven Sneath, 64, Geneseo, who was legally stopped on the westbound shoulder of the interstate performing a motorist assist with the patrol vehicle's emergency lights activated
EMS transported Roswell and Sneath to Salina Regional Health Center. The KHP released no additional details.
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At approximately 2 p.m., a Kansas Highway Patrol Troop C vehicle was struck while a trooper was assisting a motorist in the westbound lanes on Interstate 70 at milepost 249 in Saline County.
According to a Facebook post from KHP Troop C, the trooper whose patrol vehicle was hit is alert and conscious, however, he was initially trapped inside his vehicle.
Westbound lanes of Interstate 70 at milepost 249 were closed due to the accident until 3 p.m.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reminds motorists that "Kansas Law requires all drivers to move over or slow down for emergency personnel and road crews when flashing lights are visible. Only three feet separate emergency personnel from traffic moving at highway speeds, and there's only so much emergency personnel can do to keep themselves safe when they pull over on the side of the road.
"Please do your part to help our Troopers go home to their loved ones. You can make a difference and help save someone's life by moving over and slowing down," KHP asked.
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Salina Post will update this story as more information becomes available.