Iowa man hurt after crash in Butler County

CREATED Feb. 4, 2013

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Falling asleep at the wheel left an Iowa man in a Wichita hospital with potentially critical injuries.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said 35-year-old Carlos Spencer of Iowa City was taken to Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis for treatment late Sunday night. Troopers said Spencer was westbound on US-54. He fell asleep and lost control of the 2010 Nissan Frontier. The truck went into a ditch and struck a bridge railing.
 
The crash happened about a mile west of Haverhill Road in Butler County.