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Louisiana man, canoe blown out of truck bed on Kansas highway, sent to hospital
PARSONS, Kan. (WIBW) – A Louisiana man was despatched to the hospital after he was blown out of the mattress of a truck with a canoe he was making an attempt to carry down alongside a Kansas freeway.
The Kansas Freeway Patrol Crash Log signifies that round 12:40 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, emergency crews have been known as to the realm of mile marker 411 on U.S. Freeway 400 – about 9 miles west of Parsons – with stories of an damage accident.
When officers arrived, they mentioned they discovered a 2020 Chevy Silverado pushed by Landon S. Myers, 42, of Youngsville, La., had been headed east on the freeway as his passenger, Max Myers, 32, of Youngsville, rode within the mattress of the truck holding down a canoe.
KHP indicated {that a} robust gust of wind caught the canoe and threw Myers and the boat off of the truck. Myers then landed on the south shoulder of the freeway.
Officers famous that Myers was taken to Labette Well being Hospital with attainable accidents.
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