Hutchinson man falls asleep at wheel


1/10/2009

Hutchinson man falls asleep at wheel

MARQUETTE -- A 65-year-old Hutchinson man was injured Friday afternoon after falling asleep at the wheel of his pickup just east of Marquette.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Willard Ropp, 65, was driving east on K-4 just east of Marquette about 4 p.m. when he fell asleep and drove into the south ditch, striking a field-entrance roadway.

Ropp was taken to Lindsborg Community Hospital; his condition was not available Friday evening.





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