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Highway 69 two-car collision turns into fire
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A two-car collision turned into a fire on Highway 69 bypass Wednesday night. - photo by Jordan Meier
PITTSBURG, Kan. — A two-car collision resulted in a section of the 69 Highway bypass being shut down for over five hours on Wednesday night. At the intersection of Highway 69 and Centennial Drive, bystanders, who saw the crash and then gathered at the Casey’s gas station near the crash, said the first vehicle, a small silver car, crossed the middle line before hitting a semi-truck heading the opposite direction and causing both vehicles to spin out. The collision then turned into a fire after the semi-truck involved in the crash, which was transporting discarded cardboard boxes, caught fire.