UPDATE 7:15 p.m. Thursday:
CHAPMAN - An Abilene man was killed in a fiery crash on Interstate 70 west of Chapman early this afternoon.
Ryan Pack, 34, of Abilene, was eastbound in a 2012 Chevrolet Equinox approximately 1.5 miles west of the Chapman exit when the vehicle crossed the center line and struck a westbound tractor-trailer rig driven by Garrett Jones, 32, of Lawrence, according to information from the Kansas Highway Patrol. Pack was dead at the scene. Jones had no apparent injuries, the KHP report noted.
The crash occurred at approximately 12:20 p.m.
The westbound lanes of that section of I-70 have been closed due to bridge construction work, necessitating one eastbound lane being used for westbound traffic.
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UPDATE 2 p.m. Thursday: This crash is a fatality crash, according to a post on the Kansas Highway Patrol Troop C Facebook page.
Following is the full text of the post.
The crash in Dickinson county on I-70 is a fatal crash. The KHP Critical Highway Accident Response Team (CHART) will be responding. As always, if you witnessed the moments leading up to THIS or any crash, please contact the KHP.
In a separate post, KHP is reporting that Interstate 70 will be closed in both directions between exits 295 and 275 until the accident is cleared. Traffic will be diverted north to Kansas Highway 18.
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By SALINA POST
DICKINSON COUNTY - First responders are at a fiery two-vehicle accident on Interstate 70 in Dickinson County.
According to kandrive.org, westbound I-70 is closed at mile marker 291 east of Chapman. The KanDrive website indicates that there is heavy smoke from the wreck.
The original post about the crash has been removed from the Kansas Highway Patrol Troop C Facebook page.