Posted February 20, 2025 03:33am
(KNZA)--A Meriden woman was among two people injured in a two-vehicle collision early Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of U.S 75 Highway and Northwest 78th Street in Shawnee County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says a snowplow was eastbound on Northwest 78th Street and failed to yield to a northbound pickup truck on U.S. 75. The pickup struck the right front corner of the slowplow.
The driver of the pickup, 28-year-old Meriden resident Lacy Barrett, was transported to a Topeka hospital for the treatment of suspected serious injuries.
The driver of the snowplow, 59-year-old Topeka resident Louis Smith, was transported for hospitalized treatment of suspected minor injuries.
The wreck was reported shortly after 1:00 Tuesday afternoon