California man injured in accident Thursday
Published on -11/5/2009, 12:35 PM
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QUINTER -- A California man was injured Thursday when the tractor-trailer he was riding in veered off Interstate 70 about 3 miles west of Quinter.
John T. Jones Jr., 43, Dallas, was westbound on Interstate 70 in a tractor-trailer when he fell asleep at about 8:10 a.m. Thursday. The semi entered the north ditch, went through a Kansas Department of Transportation fence and came to a stop.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Jones' passenger, 56-year-old Roy Robinson, Colton, Calif., was in the sleeper at the time of the accident and was not wearing a seat belt. Robinson was taken to Gove County Medical Center with possible injuries.
Jones was wearing a seat belt. He suffered no injuries.
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