SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS — Three men went to the hospital Saturday night after a semi-truck attempted to pass a pickup in a no-passing zone on U.S. Highway 83 in western Kansas, causing both vehicles to overturn and spilling potatoes across the road.
The crash occurred at approximately 9 p.m. on U.S. 83 just north of Kansas Highway 4. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2007 Nissan Titan was heading southbound when the semi attempted to pass it in a no-passing zone. The pickup turned left into the passing semi. Both vehicles overturned. The semi-truck came to rest on its driver’s side, blocking both lanes of U.S. 83. The pickup landed upright. Potatoes from the semi’s cargo spilled across the highway.
The semi driver, a 53-year-old man from Texas, went to the hospital with minor injuries. Both occupants of the pickup — a 17-year-old and a 28-year-old, both from Scott City — also went to the hospital with minor injuries.
U.S. 83 reopened Sunday morning.
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