BROOKVILLE, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say a teenager has been critically injured in a crash on a smoke-obscured central Kansas road.
The Salina Journal (https://bit.ly/2oqWeSk ) reports that 18-year-old Lawson Constable, of Minneapolis, Kansas, was hurt Tuesday north of Brookville. The Kansas Highway Patrol says his car struck an all-terrain vehicle and a utility vehicle before coming to rest in a ditch.
Rural Fire District No. 3 Chief Scott Abker says the area was smoky because embers had blown past a mowed perimeter around the edge of a prescribed burn and started an uncontrolled fire near the road. The men whose vehicles were hit had had been attempting to stop the blaze from spreading. They were treated in a Salina hospital’s emergency department.
Prescribed burns are used to control invasive species and encourage plant growth.
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Information from: The Salina (Kan.) Journal, https://www.salina.com
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