SMITH COUNTY—A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 5:30p.m. Wednesday in Smith County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a John Deere tractor driven by David F. Renken, 66, Downs, was southbound on DD Road at 270th Road one mile east of Kansas 181 Highway.
The driver reported he could not see an eastbound 2004 Sterling AT 9500 driven by Richard F. Schmitt, 77, Cawker City, and entered the intersection. The vehicles collided in the intersection
EMS transported Schmitt to the Mitchell County Hospital. Renken was not injured. Schmitt was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.