Traffic Slowed Due To Three Vehicle Accident in Work Area on I-135 UPDATE

Three vehicle collision near the State Street exit on Interstate 135 Friday morning (Photo: Kansas Highway Patrol)

SALINA – One person was injured in an accident just before 10 a.m. on Friday in Saline County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Mercury passenger vehicle driven by Maria Teresa Haynes, 65, Salina, was entering Interstate 135 southbound in the construction zone.

The driver failed to obey the instructions of the flagman and pulled into the southbound lanes.

The vehicle was struck in the side by a 2009 GMC pickup driven by James D. Oblinger, 52, Wymore, Nebraska.

The GMC then struck the trailer of a 2011 Ford pickup driven by Jerry L. Vargas, 55, Salina.

Haynes was transported to Salina Regional Medical Center.

Oblinger, Vargas, and a passenger in the GMC were not injured.

All were properly restrained at the time of the collision, according to the KHP.

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Traffic was slowed as first responders worked to clear a three vehicle accident in a work zone on Interstate 135.

According to Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper J.L. Riedel, the accident occurred just before 10 a.m. near mile post 93 at the State Street exit.

Riedel said there were no injuries as a result of the accident, but he does advise motorists to slow down while traveling through work zones.

Traffic was reduced to one lane and was heavily congested as crews worked to clear the scene.

Traffic in the southbound lanes of Interstate of 1-135 was congested while crews worked to clear up a three vehicle accident in a work zone near the State Street exit (Photo: Kansas Highway Patrol) — Traffic in the southbound lanes of Interstate of 1-135 was heavily congested while crews worked to clear up a three vehicle accident in a work zone near the State Street exit (Photo: Kansas Highway Patrol)