May 30, 2023

Hutchinson man injured in single-car, eastern Saline Co. wreck

Posted May 30, 2023 4:34 PM
<b>The Ford Focus sits atop large rocks after a wreck in eastern Saline County Monday morning.</b> Photos courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office
The Ford Focus sits atop large rocks after a wreck in eastern Saline County Monday morning. Photos courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post

A Hutchinson man was cited in connection with a single-vehicle wreck in eastern Saline County early Monday.

Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander said this morning that the sheriff's office received word at approximately 10:30 a.m. Monday from Salina Regional Health Center that someone seeking treatment there had been involved in a car wreck in the county.

The man, identified as Sergio Garcia, 31, of Hutchinson, was not able to tell deputies where the wreck happened, however when Garcia described the scenery, a deputy was able to determine the location as near the intersection of E. Crawford Street and Gypsum Valley Road in eastern Saline County, Melander said.

Deputies went there and located a 2014 Ford Focus high-centered on some large rocks that a landowner had installed near the end of his driveway.

<b>Another view of the wreck.</b>
Another view of the wreck.

Garcia had been taken to Salina Regional with multiple non-life-threatening injuries, Melander said. Garcia later was transfered to another hospital believed to be closer to his home, however, Melander did not have specific information about the hospital.

Garcia was cited for not wearing a seatbelt, Melander said.

With the help of the landowner, who used farm machinery to lift the car off of the rocks, Salina Wrecker Service, Inc., removed the car from the scene, Melander said.

It is believed that the wreck occurred much earlier in the morning, Melander said.