Saturday, May 23, 2015

2 DEAD NEAR PRATT, KANSAS WHEN A SEMI-TRUCK DRIFTED TO THE OPPOSITE LANE AND COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH A CAR KILLING ITS OCCUPANTS. 200 GALLONS OF FUEL ALSO SPILLED INTO A DITCH.

























MAY 23, 2015


PRATT, KANSAS

Heavy rain may have played a factor in a deadly crash that killed two people from Haysville.
It happened on Highway 54 west of Pratt around 11 Saturday morning.
The Kansas Highway Patrol troopers tell Eyewitness News that a semi-truck heading east, drifted into the westbound traffic. It crashed into an oncoming car and both vehicles went into the ditch. A third car was also struck.
The people inside the first car the semi hit -- Nasario and Mary Lou Trujillo of Haysville -- were both killed.
Two people in the third car were hurt and taken to the hospital in Pratt.
The crash closed down the highway for several hours.
Authorities say the semi leaked 200 gallons of diesel fuel into the ditch. Hazmat crews were on the scene cleaning up the spill well into this evening.
Trooper Chad say the water will eventually make it's way into a river, which will make its way into people's drinking water."
A third vehicle was also involved in the crash.
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Police say diesel fuel has spilled onto the north ditch on Highway 54 near Pratt as a result of this accident. 
We're told 200 gallons of fuel was spilled.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has been called to the scene. 
ORIGINAL STORY
A three vehicle accident outside of Pratt has caused two deaths, Sheriff Vernon Chinn said.
The accident happened 12 miles west of Pratt, Chinn said. Chinn says there were also several serious injuries.
A semi-truck was also involved in the crash.
Highway 54 is shutdown right now and will remain shut down "for a long time" in both directions, Chinn says. 
Chinn says two patients were taken to a hospital in Pratt and one is being transported to Wichita. 
The Kansas Highway Patrol is taking over the investigation. 
Eyewitness News has a crew headed to the location. 

Source: http://www.kwch.com