ASHLAND, OR : Georgia man crashes when tire blows in Clark County on Monday, 17th February, 2020

A Georgia man was seriously injured when his vehicle blew a tire on a highway in Clark County on Monday afternoon and became airborne after hitting a guardrail.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Richard D. Spillers, 34, of Warner, Georgia, as eastbound on U.S. 160 in a 2002 Chevy SUV when the driver’s side rear tire blew.

Spillers lost control of the vehicle and went into a side skid. The SUV hit a guardrail and then vaulted over it, the report stated. After it impacted the ground, the vehicle then went down an embankment, coming to rest on the passenger side of the vehicle.

Spillers, who was not wearing a seat belt, was taken to Ashland Medical Center with suspected serious injuries.

The crash occurred about 2:15 p.m. nearly 8 miles west of Ashland.

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