Automobile Accidents

• Caldwell Man Killed In Crash With Semi-Truck

  Chrissie Cole | September 27, 2009 1:28 PM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  A Caldwell man was killed late on U.S. 166 late Friday night after his vehicle collided with a semi-truck, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. Russell Engel, 46, was transported to Via...

• Pedestrian Injured In Hit And Run

  Chrissie Cole | August 23, 2009 2:56 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A pedestrian was struck and injured in a hit and run accident in Junction City Sunday early morning. William Head, 24, of Manhattan, was walking along the 1000 block of East 6th Street, just...

• Boy Struck By Car In Crosswalk Accident

  Chrissie Cole | May 17, 2009 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  A boy, 7, was injured in a pedestrian accident when a 2008 Ford Taurus proceeded through the crosswalk at Mauring and Ridgeway despite a guard wearing a reflective vest and displaying a stop...

• Wichita Teen Killed; Sun May Be Factor In Crash

  Chrissie Cole | February 26, 2009 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  A 15-year-old Wichita boy was struck and killed while running in a crosswalk. According to Wichita Police, the sun’s glare apparently kept the driver from seeing the teen in the road. He...

• Topeka Man Dies In Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | February 11, 2009 1:00 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  Wet weather is likely the cause of car crash that claimed the life of a 72-year-old Topeka man on Wednesday morning near Junction City, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. While driving on...

• Wichita Woman Injured In Car Accident

  Tom Warner | September 19, 2007 2:40 PM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  A Wichita woman was injured in a car accident last week when the van she was driving collided with a pickup truck. The crash occurred on highway 254 when the driver of the pickup attempted to pass the van.The pickup was driven by a 16-year-old from Benton.The driver of the van, Elaine Hauser, 62, of Wichita, then lost control, causing the van to roll two full turns before coming to rest in the...

• Wichita Woman Killed in Devastating Collision

  Chrissie Cole | September 07, 2007 8:45 PM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  A Wichita woman on her way home from work, was killed in a horrific two-vehicle collision on Friday morning. The woman, 36, of Wichita, was traveling south in her 2002 Honda Accord on US 81 around the curve when authorities believe she over-corrected, causing the vehicle to "power slide," (also know as drifting light) which left her car sideways on the roadway.A man, 71, of Wellington, driving a...

• Riley County Crash Leaves Three Injured

  Matthew Bergmann | June 05, 2007 3:23 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A three-vehicle crash in Riley County early this morning left three people injured. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol two of the three people injured were seriously hurt and required immediate medical attention. At approximately 6:30 am today, Bruce Stroud, 32, of St. Francis, was driving a 1984 Toyota truck south on K-18 highway when he tried to make a left turn onto Walnut Street at...

• Police Chase Ends in Car Accident

  Christina Cole | May 16, 2007 10:36 PM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  A police chase led to a car accident in east Wichita on Friday at 9:30 a.m. Officers attempted to pull over a man for minor traffic violations but the driver sped away.The police chase didn't last very long. The driver crossed over the intersection at Webb and Center and crashed into another vehicle. The driver sustained minor injuries and the suspect was caught while trying to run from the...

• Five Killed In Osage County Crash

  Matthew Bergmann | April 28, 2007 9:06 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  Five people, including two toddlers and three adults were killed in Osage County, Kansas on Friday after two vans collided head-on. The accident occured on K-268, just east of US-75 highway. At this point, the only known survivor of the tragedy is a 5-year-old boy who was rescued by emergency services and sent to a hospital in Topeka, Kansas with non-life threatening injuries. The Kansas...