Kansas
Law enforcement investigating crash northeast of Emporia on Kansas Turnpike
LYON COUNTY, Kan. (WIBW) – Law enforcement is investigating a crash located northeast of Emporia on the Kansas Turnpike.
KVOE officials said the incident was reported as an injury crash around 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, July 27 at Kansas Turnpike mile marker 134 southbound, or seven miles northeast of the Emporia tollgate and two miles northeast of the Emporia service exit.
Kansas Highway Patrol, Emporia/Lyon County EMS and a medical helicopter responded to the scene.
KVOE said crash details are pending. There is no confirmation on whether anybody was hospitalized.
KVOE said the southbound traffic is being detoured from the Admire-Council Grove exit, or Turnpike mile marker 147, west on US-56 Highway to Admire. The official detour goes south on K-99 to Burlingame Rd. and into Emporia.
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