Iolan Jacob Wight, 19, was taken to a Joplin hospital following a two-vehicle accident south of Humboldt Monday evening.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Wight was northbound on U.S. 169, just north of the Neosho County line, when his vehicle slid on the icy roadway, crossed the center line and collided head-on with a southbound pickup driven by Jake A. Noble, 34, Chanute.
Wight’s vehicle came to rest in the southbound ditch; Noble’s on the roadway.
A deputy responding to another slide-off accident was nearly struck by the vehicles as they crashed.
Wight was ejected from his vehicle, which soon caught fire. Neither was wearing a seat belt.
Wight was taken to Mercy Hospital in Joplin for what troopers described as suspected serious injuries. Noble was taken to Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute for what officers said was a suspected minor injury.
