JULY 28, 2015
EMPORIA, Kan. (WIBW)
All
lanes of I-35 are now reopened following an early morning crash
involving two tractor trailer rigs that killed one person south of
Emporia.
A Wichita man is dead after the semi truck he was
driving collided with another semi in a fiery crash south of Emporia
Tuesday morning.
The Kansas Turnpike Authority said around 2 a.m.,
58-year-old Michael Daniely of Raytown, was driving his semi truck
northbound on I-35 when he slowed down because of a pedestrian in the
road.
Another semi driven by 39-year-old Michael Lyden
of Wichita crashed into the rear of Daniely's truck which burst into
flames on the side of the highway killing Lyden in the crash.
Daniely and the pedestrian were not injured in the crash.
Both lanes of northbound I-35 near mile marker
116 were shut down till Tuesday morning, but one lane north and
southbound were opened by mid-morning.
The crash happened around 2 a.m. Tuesday approximately 11-miles south of Emporia in the Northbound lanes.
KTA Officials said one of the semi was completely involved in flames when they arrived at the scene.