Semi Crashes and Burns West of Plains

A semi ran off the road and caught fire injuring the driver Monday west of Plains. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports the semi was headed west on Highway 54 about 2.6 miles west of Plains at about 8:30 Monday morning when the truck went left of center and entered the south ditch. The truck rolled one time coming to rest upright in the south ditch. The vehicle caught fire after coming to rest. The driver 62 year old Stephen Craig Boeding of Kansas City was injured and taken to Southwest Medical Center.