Dec 24, 2022

Driver falls asleep, is injured after I-70 rear-end crash

Posted Dec 24, 2022 10:00 PM

WABAUNSEE COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 8a.m. Saturday in Wabaunsee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2022 Kia Forte driven by Bryanna Marie Canales, 21, Buckeye, Arizona, was westbound on Interstate 70 at Wabaunsee Road.

The driver began to fall asleep. The Kia rear-ended a 2022 IHC semi driven by Adrian Leonardo Lopez, 23, Riverside, California.

EMS transported Canales to Irwin Army Community Hospital at Fort Riley.  Lopez and a passenger in the semi were not injured. The drivers were properly restrained, according to the KHP.