(KAIR)--An elderly man was struck by a vehicle early Monday morning while walking in a Valley Falls parking lot, with his injuries sending him for hospital treatment.
According to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol, 79-year-old Dennis Roth was walking into the Petro gas station, located at 1420 K4 Highway, just before 7:00, when he was hit by a Dodge Ram pickup truck pulling into the gas station.
Roth, a resident of Wolbach, Nebraska, was transported from the scene to Stormont Vail Hospital, in Topeka, for the treatment of what the KHP identifies as a suspected serious injury.
The driver of the truck, identified as 38-year-old Valley Falls resident Andrew Miller, was not hurt.
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