The Kansas Highway Patrol has reported that 44-year old Steamboat Springs, Colorado man, Mark W. McGrath was transported to Geary Community Hospital in Junction City following an accident Friday night on I-70 near mile post 296. The location was on the interstate on the south side of the city about 600 feet west of South Washington Street.

According to KHP the Honda ELement driven by McGrath was westbound in the eastbound lane of the interstate’s inside lane. A Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Dayton R. Ratzlaff of Louisville, Georgia was eastbound on I-70 in the inside lane. Their vehicles collided with a glancing blow. The McGrath vehicle went into the median and rolled, while the Tahoe driven by Ratzlaff continued eastbound coming to a stop on the inside shoulder. A third vehicle, a Ford Mustang driven by Steven J. Kalivoda, Manhattan, was eastbound on I-70 and ran over road debris.

There were no other injuries reported in the accident. Kalivoda, Ratzlaff, and six other passengers in the Ratzlaff vehicle were not injured.