FT. RILEY – A Manhattan woman and 3 children were injured in an accident just before 6:30 p.m. on Thursday in Geary County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Freightliner semi driven by Abdelhadi Sweiti, 36, Chicago Ridge, IL., was westbound on Interstate 70 in front of Marshall Airfield.

The truck drove on to the north shoulder and struck a 2011 Town and Country Van driven by Anderson, Jennifer M. Anderson, 39, Manhattan, which was parked on the shoulder.

After the collision, the semi travelled across the median into the eastbound lanes and struck a Jeep driven by Steve Holler, 49, Lees Summit, MO.,

The semi continued into the south ditch and overturned.

Anderson and three children Braydon Anderson, 11, Ashton Dyer, 9, and Kennedy Dyer, 7, all of Manhattan, were transported to Geary County Hospital.

Sweiti and Holler were not injured. All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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An accident involving a semi on Interstate 70 occurred around 6:30 pm near mile marker 302 in Geary County Thursday.

According to Garry Berges, Geary County Emergency Management Director a semi rear ended a car, pushing it through the ditch.

“The semi overturned, it clipped another vehicle and went across all four lanes of traffic, losing one of its diesel tanks in the process, and so we’ve got diesel and debris across all four lanes of the highway,” said Berges.

Berges confirmed four people were transported to the hospital with minor injuries.

At 8:30 pm both lanes of westbound traffic were open, and only one lane of eastbound traffic was open.

Emergency personnel from Fort Riley, Manhattan Hazmat, Kansas Highway Patrol, Geary County Sheriff’s Department and Geary County Fire responded.