Injury accident destroys camper
Staff writer
An Alta Vista man was injured Tuesday when a pickup he was driving ran into the back of a truck at 260th Rd. and US-56/77.
According to Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2014 Freightliner driven southbound on US-56/77 by Edgar Jackson, 61, Parsons, was turning west onto 360th Rd.
As Jackson slowed, a 2008 Silverado pickup driven by Harvey King, Jr., 68, Alta Vista, swerved to the right, drove off the highway and collided with the rear of the Freightliner.
King’s pickup was pulling a camper. According to an observer, debris from the camper was scattered 100 yards along the roadway.
King was taken to Herington Municipal Hospital.
Sheriff’s officers also released the names of those involved in a one-vehicle fatality May 27 on US-56/77 near Centre.
Driver Rebecca Rocca, 54, Decatur, Nebraska, was killed.
Passenger Martin Rocca, 54, Decatur, was transported to Wichita for treatment.