Apr 09, 2023

Manhattan man hospitalized after SUV accident on I-70

Posted Apr 09, 2023 1:00 AM

WABAUNSEE COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 12:30p.m. Saturday in Wabaunsee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Chevy Equinox driven by Richard W. Stitt, 67, Manhattan, was westbound on Interstate 70 near the Kansas 185 McFarland exit.

The SUV entered the median, struck a culvert, traveled into the eastbound lanes, reentered the median and came to rest facing westbound. 

EMS transported Stitt to the hospital in Manhattan. He was properly restrained, according to the KHP.