AN ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT NEAR WELLSVILLE THAT CLOSED THE HIGHWAY FOR SEVERAL HOURS, WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT. FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THE CALL AT 6:23 LAST NIGHT. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND THAT A 30-YEAR-OLD WICHITA MAN HAD DIED OF AN APPARENT SELF INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. HE WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.
TRAFFIC WAS BEING REROUTED AT THE WELLSVILLE, K-33 EXIT. MOTORISTS EXITED,THEN RE- ENTERED THE INTEREST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INTERCHANGE. I-35 IN BOTH DIRECTIONS WAS CLOSED AT THAT SPOT FOR SEVERAL HOURS WHILE THE INVESTIGATION TOOK PLACE.
