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Hit and run big rig sought by authorities

(KAIR)--No injuries are reported, but authorities are seeking the whereabouts of a tractor-trailer blamed for a weekend hit and run in rural Atchison County.

According to a release from Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie, 38-year-old Nortonville resident Michael Thompson was driving a northbound Dodge Ram pickup truck, on U.S. Highway 59, near Haskell Road, shortly after 2:30 Sunday morning, when the wreck occurred.

According to Laurie, a Mack tractor trailer side swiped Thompson’s truck and then continued south, into Jefferson County.

Anyone with information related to the wreck should contact the Atchison County Sheriff’s Office at 913-804-6080.

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