Oct 03, 2025

Driver hospitalized after cattle truck overturns on Kan. highway

Posted Oct 03, 2025 8:00 AM
Photos Harvey County Emergency Management
Photos Harvey County Emergency Management

HARVEY COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 2:30p.m. Thursday in Harvey County.

-Photo KHP
-Photo KHP

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Freightliner semi driven by Jared Lee Caviness, 35, Remsen, Iowa, was west bound on U.S. 50 exiting to South bound Interstate 135. The semi traveled off the roadway to the right scraping the barrier wall of the ramp and then rolled onto its side. First responders worked to remove cattle from the overturned trailer. Unfortunately, many died, according to Harvey County Emergency Management..

EMS transported Caviness to a Wichita hospital.  He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.