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TOPEKA, KS – Two people were injured Monday afternoon, December 6, in a truck accident on a highway in Shawnee County, Kansas. The crash, which involved a semi trailer truck and a passenger car, occurred on Interstate 470 as it passes through the city of Topeka. The accident area is in the northeast corner of the state, about 231 miles north of Tulsa, Oklahoma and about 63 miles west of Kansas City, Missouri.

On Monday afternoon 45 year old David Ray Vandenburg of Chester, Montana was driving a 1996 Kenworth tractor trailer west on Interstate 470, traveling through Shawnee County, Kansas. The truck driver’s company and cargo are not known. The semi driver’s destination at the time of the truck accident has not been released. ... Read More

TOPEKA, KS – A truck driver was injured Wednesday morning, October 6, when his semi trailer truck collided with a Union Pacific freight train in Shawnee County, Kansas. The truck accident occurred at an unmarked railroad crossing near Interstate 70 in Topeka, Kansas. The accident area is in the northeast corner of the state, about 66 miles west of Kansas City, Missouri and about 236 miles north of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

On Wednesday morning an unidentified truck driver was driving a semi trailer truck in Shawnee County, Kansas. At the time of the truck accident the tractor trailer was approaching the entrance of the Bettis Asphalt Company at 2350 N.W. Water Works Drive in Topeka. However, it is unclear if he was making a pick-up or delivery at the business. ... Read More

WRIGHT, KS – Two men were killed Friday morning, July 9, in a fiery truck accident on a highway in Ford County, Kansas. The deadly collision occurred when a semi trailer truck slammed head-on into a pick-up truck on U.S. Highway 50/56 near the town of Wright, KS. The truck accident area is east of Dodge City, KS in the southwest section of the state, about 153 miles west of Wichita, KS and about 283 miles east of Pueblo, Colorado.

Both drivers suffered fatal injuries in the truck accident and pronounced dead at the hospital.

At around 5:48 a.m. Friday morning, 49 year old Raul De La Torre of Dodge City, KS was driving a 2010 Freightliner semi trailer truck east on U.S. Highway 50/56 in Ford County. The truck driver was about a half mile east of Wright when he encountered a westbound 2008 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck driven by 22 year old Steven A. Hornung of Offerle, KS. ... Read More

WICHITA, Kansas — A train and semi truck accident occurred Thursday evening in North Wichita Kansas when a train hit the back of a semi truck stuck on the tracks. The accident happened at 37th Street North and Broadway.

Semi truck stuck on tracks when crossing arms came down on it. Train hits back of truck

Traffic in Wichita was backed up for some time Thursday evening due to a train accident.

Police say a semi was stopped on the tracks when the crossing arms came down over it.

The truck tried to move but couldn’t and was struck in the back end by the train.

Fortunately no one was hurt in the accident.

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