Man dies after semi-truck strikes overturned box truck along highway in Kansas
A 58-year-old man died Wednesday after a semi-truck hit a box truck along Interstate Highway 70 in central Kansas.
The man was identified as David Bridgeforth of Trenton, New Jersey, Kansas Highway Patrol crash logs show.
The incident was reported at 6:34 a.m. along I-70 in Ellsworth County. Bridgeforth was westbound in the box truck when for unknown reasons the vehicle left the roadway and entered a ditch.
He overcorrected, causing the box truck to roll onto its passenger side, blocking both lanes of travel on I-70 facing southwest, according to the KHP.
At the same time, a semi-truck heading west on I-70 tried to avoid hitting the box truck, but struck the undercarriage, causing the semi to spin into a ditch.
Bridgeforth, who is thought to have been injured when the box truck initially overturned, died at the scene from injuries sustained from the second crash, the report said.
The driver of the semi, a 24-year-old man from Trevose, Pennsylvania, was taken to a hospital with suspected serious injuries.