By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY Salina Post

An Assaria man escaped a wrecked pickup before fire engulfed it south of Salina late Wednesday night.

Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning that Jonathan Yost, 43, of Assaria, was southbound in the 4900 block of S. Ohio in a 1969 Chevrolet C10 pickup at approximately 11:54 p.m. Wednesday when the pickup left the roadway and struck trees along the roadside.

Yost was able to get out of the pickup before fire engulfed it. Yost walked to a neighboring residence and called EMS, which transported him to Salina Regional Health Center, Soldan said.

Firefighters from Rural Fire District No. 2 put out the blaze.

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 </figure>By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY Salina PostAn Assaria man escaped a wrecked pickup before fire engulfed it south of Salina late Wednesday night.Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning that Jonathan Yost, 43, of Assaria, was southbound in the 4900 block of S. Ohio in a 1969 Chevrolet C10 pickup at approximately 11:54 p.m. Wednesday when the pickup left the roadway and struck trees along the roadside.Yost was able to get out of the pickup before fire engulfed it. Yost walked to a neighboring residence and called EMS, which transported him to Salina Regional Health Center, Soldan said.Firefighters from Rural Fire District No. 2 put out the blaze.

Driver escapes wreck before fire engulfs pickup south of Salina