WABAUNSEE COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 5:30p.m. Sunday in Wabaunsee County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2021 Kenworth semi driven by Curtis Tucker, 58, Atlanta, wast westbound on Interstate 70 just west of Wabaunsee Road and was initially called in as an erratic driver to Wabaunsee County authorities.
It was later discovered that Tucker was having a medical emergency, which eventually caused him to drive off the roadway and into the ditch.
EMS transported Tucker to a hospital in Topeka. A passenger in the vehicle was not injured. Both were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.