Topeka, KS : Two people injured Wednesday morning in a car-truck crash at Forbes Industrial Park on S.W. Topeka Blvd, October 29, 2014

Two people sustained injuries that weren’t thought to be life-threatening on Wednesday morning in a car-truck crash just south of Topeka, authorities said. The collision was reported about 8:16 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the 7200 block of S.W. Topeka Boulevard, just south of the entrance to the Forbes Industrial Park. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the crash occurred when a black four-door 1996 Mazda Protege was exiting east out of the Forbes Industrial Park, 7215 S.W. Topeka Blvd., and was attempting to make a left-hand — or northbound — turn onto S.W. Topeka Boulevard. As the Mazda entered the roadway, it collided with a maroon 1998 GMC Sierra pickup truck that was traveling south on S.W. Topeka Boulevard, the patrol said. The pickup truck had the right-of-way at that location on S.W. Topeka Boulevard, which is a four-lane roadway divided by a narrow grassy median. Upon impact, the Mazda spun around and wound up facing north on the right southbound shoulder of the 7200 block of S.W. Topeka Boulevard, Its windshield was smashed and its driver’s side was caved in, with debris scattered about 50 feet on the roadway. The pickup truck, meanwhile, sustained front-end damage. It came to rest facing south on S.W. Topeka Boulevard, about 100 feet south of the impact site. Both drivers, who were alone in their vehicles, were taken by American Medical Response ambulance to a local hospital. The Mazda driver was identified as Ramon Matos Diaz, 56, of Topeka. The patrol said he suffered disabling injuries in the crash. Diaz was taken to Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center. The patrol said he wasn’t wearing a seat belt. The driver of the pickup truck, Jody R. Imler, 52, of Carbondale, also was reported to have suffered disabling injuries. She also was taken to Stormont-Vail. The patrol said Imler was wearing a seat belt. In addition to Kansas Highway Patrol troopers and Shawnee County sheriff’s deputies, Shawnee Heights Fire District personnel responded to the crash and assisted in removing the Mazda’s injured driver from his car. Southbound traffic on S.W. Topeka Boulevard was diverted around the accident site as crews worked to clear the scene. Source : 2 injured in car-truck crash south of Topeka