Posts tagged motor

• Wichita Woman Injured In Car Accident

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

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Hit And Run Leaves Man In Critical Condition

  Matthew Bergmann | April 26, 2007 8:22 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A dangerous intersection in North Topeka has claimed another victim as a man riding his bicycle was involved in a hit and run accident late Tuesday evening. Authorities have yet to identify the man, who suffer severe head injuries, but have confirmed that the incident took place in the 1300 block of N.W. Harrision. Apparently, a vehicle traveling northbound veered across the southbound lanes of...

• One Dead And Two Injured In Three Motorcycle Accidents

  Matthew Bergmann | April 18, 2007 11:32 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A rash of motorcylce accidents left one person dead and two others seeking medical treatment on Sunday. William John Moser, 57, a resident of Liberty, Mo, was killed in Leavenworth County when he lost control of his motorcycle and slid under an oncoming vehicle. The accident occured on Kansas Highway 5 at approximately 4:40 p.m. Authorities say that Moser, who had just purchased the the...

• Lawrence Woman Hurt in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | March 23, 2007 3:03 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A woman from Lawrence was hurt in a car accident on I-70. The 49-year-old woman driver of the car started to leave the road and tried to get back on when she overcorrected and ended up driving off the road and flipping the car. The accident occurred shortly after 1 p.m. Friday about two miles east of the Topeka service station, or about 10 miles west of Lawrence.It is believed she was wearing...

• Driver Doing Well after Crash on Turnpike

  Christina Cole | March 17, 2007 2:46 AM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Wearing a seatbelt can save your life and a 49-year-old Lawrence woman is living proof. The woman was involved in a single-car accident, at 1pm on Friday, on the Kansas Turnpike. Listed in fair condition Friday evening, she is expected to recover. She was traveling east on Interstate 70 when her car started to drift off to the side of the road. When she tried to steer back on to the road she...

• KWCH Reporter Injured In Car Accident

  Christina Cole | February 28, 2007 9:58 PM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Alana Rocha, KWCH 12, was critically injured in a car accident last Saturday. Wichita Police believe the driver that crashed into her car was driving while drunk.Police say they first spotted the driver because he almost crashed into another car. They thought he was stopping when he pulled into a parking spot but the man kept on driving through an alleyway and back onto the road.He was traveling...