Aug 02, 2023

2 semi drivers hospitalized after crash

Posted Aug 02, 2023 12:30 AM

BROWN COUNTY —Two people were injured in an accident just after 1130a.m. Tuesday in Brown County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2020 Kenworth semi driven by   Tanner J..  Shobney, 30, Saint Marys, Kansas, was westbound on U.S. 36 just west of U.S. 75.

The semi crossed the center line and struck a 2007  Kenworth semi that was legally parked on the shoulder of the highway. The driver Matthew D. Cairns, 47, Batesville, Indiana, was standing outside the vehicle when the accident occurred.

EMS transported Cairns and  Shobney to the Sabetha hospital. Shobney was properly restrained, according to the KHP.