A Manhattan woman sustained a minor injury Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash near the junction of I-70 and K-177 in Geary County.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 3:35 p.m. on July 18, when a pickup truck exited I-70 and attempted to cross K-177 to assist at another collision scene. The truck failed to yield at a stop sign and was struck by a 2019 Cadillac XT4 traveling northbound.
The driver of the truck, 19-year-old Nicholas K. Newland of Kamuela, Hawaii, was wearing a seatbelt and was not injured. The driver of the Cadillac, 33-year-old Ashley N. Taitano of Manhattan, was transported to Ascension Via Christi for treatment of suspected minor injuries. She was also wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
