One dead after being struck on Emporia highway

EMPORIA (KSNT) - One person is dead after getting hit by a semi truck on Interstate 35.

Around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 30, Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) and officers with the Emporia Police Department (EPD) responded to a a call about a pedestrian who was struck by a truck tractor semi trailer in the southbound lanes of I-35.

The semi moved into the left lane to merge onto I-35. The pedestrian, 29-years-old Dylan Moellenberndt, of Admire, entered the road from the left and walked into the left lane, according to a KHP crash log. The semi driver turned to swerved to the right and struck Moellenberndt. There were no reported injuries from the semi driver.

Southbound lanes of I-35 were temporarily closed, but are now open to motorists. KSNT 27 News will provide up-to-date information as it becomes available.

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