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Dump truck driver injured in Atchison accident

(KAIR)--A Wednesday morning Atchison work-site accident left a dump truck driver injured.

Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, in a release, says his officers were called to the 1300 block of North River Road, around 10:30 Wednesday morning, where the truck, unloading rock, rolled over onto its side.

According to Wilson, the 72-year-old driver/operator was able to free himself from the truck, and was then transported by Atchison County EMS to Amberwell Atchison for hospital examination.

The injured man, whose name is not immediately made public, was working for Powell Trucking of St. Joseph, Missouri.

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