
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – One person was taken to the hospital Monday after an accident on K-14 in Reno County. According to the Reno County Sheriff’s Office, 39-year-old Rocky A Summers of Bushton reports rolling his vehicle at 4th & K-14
Summers reports he was attempting to pass a semi and as he did, the semi drifted into the southbound lane almost striking Summers. Summers said he had nowhere to go, so he exited the road to the west. When this happened, he lost control of his car causing it to roll. The car came to rest in the west ditch of K-14 and caught on fire, however it was extinguished quickly according to the Sheriff’s Department .
35-year-old Jared A Ruckman of Ellsworth was driving the semi that Summers was trying to avoid at the time of the accident.
Summers and 57-year-old Sharon J Habiger also of Bushton were seen and treated by EMS at the scene. Habiger refused transport, but Summers was transported to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries. Ruckman was not injured.
The accident occurring around 4 p.m.