Trucks Crash Tuesday Afternoon

Two heavy trucks crash south of Salina Tuesday afternoon.

First responders were called to the area of Lapsley Road and Highway 81 to the report of a two-vehicle injury accident.

The crash involved a dump truck and a tractor-trailer truck that collided. Neither driver was seriously injured.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, both vehicles were headed south. The tractor-trailer truck, which was pulling a flatbed trailer with a farm tractor on it, was attempting a left hand turn onto Lapsley Road. It was struck in the driver’s side by the dump truck.

The crash happened south of Assaria on Highway 81at around 1:15 Tuesday afternoon.