NORTON COUNTY —Three children were injured in a 4 vehicle accident just after 5p.m. Wednesday in Norton County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Peterbilt semi driven by Jerry D Richard, 59, Scott City, was westbound on Kansas 383 six miles west of U.S. 183.
The semi struck the left rear of a 2016 Dodge Ram, a marked sheriff's department vehicle parked on the north edge of the highway facing west with emergency lights activated. Phillips County Sheriff's Deputy John Miner had stopped to assist a disabled motorist near West 800 Road.
The impact pushed the Dodge Ram sheriff's vehicle into the north ditch.
The semi then struck a trailer that was parked in front of the deputy's vehicle. The Peterbilt spilled fuel and caught fire as it continued westbound past a 1989 Dodge Ram and a 2015 Ram 1500 also parked on the north edge of the highway.
The 1989 Ram, the camper connected to it and the 2015 Ram also caught fire due to the amount of fuel spilled by the semi.
Three front seat occupants of Ram 1500 were safely able to exit the vehicle while sheriff's deputy Miner was able to safely remove 2 occupants from the back seat of Ram 1500 before they were injured by the fire.
EMS transported Ella Rae, 4; Emric Wilkens, 2 and Ryatt Wilkens, all from Wisconsin, to the Phillips County Hospital.
Deputy Miner suffered minor burns when he rescued the two children. He was transported to Phillips County Hospital and is being referred to another facility for treatment of his injuries, according to the Phillips County Sheriff's Office.
There were no others injured, according to the KHP.