A 21-year-old Manhattan woman escapes serious injuries Wednesday evening, after her car burst into flames after being hit by a truck at the I-135/I-70 junction west of Salina.

Sheriff Glen Kochanowski says Wende Witthuhn was westbound on I-70 about 6:45, when a (possibly red) pickup with a flat bed hit her car after it came on the highway at a high rate of speed from a grassy area near the entrance of I-70 from I-135.

The truck which nearly hit another car, left west on I-70 and exited at Halstead Road and went north to Pleasent Hill Road and west before a witness to the crash stopped following the truck.

It is beleived the truck will have considerable damage to a portion of the left side.

Witthuhn got out of her car before it caught fire, was checked by EMS at the scene for a slight ankle injury.The car was totaled by the fire and wreck.

Sheriff Kochanowski says if anyone has information concerning the suspect truck to call the Saline County Sheriffs Office.

(Photo Credit- Saline County Sheriffs Office)