Jun 25, 2021

Salina man hospitalized after vehicle overturns in ditch

Posted Jun 25, 2021 6:00 AM

LINCOLN COUNTY — A Salina man was injured in an accident just before 5 p.m. Thursday in Lincoln County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Work passenger vehicle driven by Christian Robert Linenberger, 27, Salina was eastbound on Kansas 18.

The driver was forced to suddenly brake when a truck in front braked  to avoid a cooler in the road.

Linenberger's vehicle crossed the center line, traveled into the westbound lane off the shoulder of the roadway and overturned in the ditch on the north side of highway.

EMS transported Linenberger to Salina Regional Health Center. He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.