GEARY COUNTY— Three people died in an accident just after 5:30a.m. Wednesday in Geary County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Chevy Camaro driven by Leroy Allen Myers, 58, Arab, AL., was west bound on Interstate 70 at the Kansas 177.
First responders on the scene of Wednesday’s fatal I-70 crash –photo courtesy WIBW TV
The vehicle entered the median, struck guard rail and vaulted over K177 highway coming to rest on the west side of K177.
Myers and passengers Joey Brannon Tidwell, 21, Albertvile, AL., and Halie Marie Davis, 23, Madison, AL., were pronounced dead at the scene. They were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP
GEARY COUNTY— First responders are working a single vehicle, fatal crash on Interstate 70 at Kansas 177 south of Manhattan, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Troopers responded to the scene just after 5:30a.m. and report three fatalities. We will report additional details as they become available.
I-70 was not impacted following the single vehicle three-fatality accident early Wednesday morning. Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Ben Gardner confirmed there was some impact on K-177 Highway. “But there is some difficulty for people traveling up and down K-177 just as they get to the scene where they might be guided to a single lane as they navigate through that space.”
The identities of the victims are not yet known. The vehicle involved in the accident left Interstate 70 and wound up on K-177 below about 5:30 a.m. The site is in eastern Geary County south of Manhattan.
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There have been three fatalities in a single vehicle accident on I-70 near K-177 south of Manhattan.
A check with the Kansas Highway Patrol revealed there was a multiple fatality accident. It occurred about 5:30 a.m.
Authorities are working at the scene to gather information and trying to identify the victims. KHP Trooper Ben Gardner said it appeared the vehicle was traveling on I-70 and for an unknown reason left the roadway, went through the median for a time and then down below onto K-177 where it came to rest.
More information should be available later. We will pass it along on Little Apple Post as soon as possible.