Kansas updates in category: Automobile Accidents

Two people escaped serious injury in a car accident this morning at U.S. 54 ands 215th Street in Goddard - the very same intersection which a 26-year-old man was killed at just last night.A woman was heading west on U.S. 54, attempting to turn onto southbound 215th, Police Chief George Bloesing said. A man that was driving east on U.S. 54 hit her car, veered into a ditch and crashed into a...

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On Monday, two Cherryvale residents were killed in a car-semi collision east of Independence in Montgomery County. Gerald Steffen, 75 and Jeanette Steffen 68, were dead at the scene of the 1 p.m. accident, reported the Kansas Highway patrol. The report said Gerald Steffen was driving a 1996 Nissan pickup truck east on US-160 highway when he failed to stop at a stop sign and drove into the path...

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Local law enforcement continues to search for a vechile involved in a hit-and-run accident last week. Topeka police have determined that a 1990s model Chevrolet van or van-type vehicle was involved in death of Eric Schneider, 53, of Topeka, last week. The department's Accident Reconstruction Unit is continuing to investigate the accident that killed Schneider. Scheider was found lying in the...

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The intersection of US-59 and K-16 highways was the scence of fatal accident yesterday. Nathan High O'Neill (21)was pronounced dead at the scene after the motorcyle he was riding sturck the back end of a semitrailer. Tha accident occured about 10:34 a.m. when O'Neill, a Winchester native, was driving his motorcyle northbound on US-59 and merged to the southbound lanes to yield to a...

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Fox News has recently reported that more than 1.5 million Americans are injured every year by drug errors in hospitals, nursing homes and doctor's offices. That number has the potential to be even higher if patients' own medication mix-ups were added to the mix. A staggering report from Instiute of Medicine has called for major steps to increase patient safety when dealing prescription drugs. ...

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A Topeka resident was killed recently when the pickup he was riding in was struck by another car on US-75 about nine miles south of Holton. The driver of the other car, a Mayetta woman, was headed east on 158th road and failed to yeild to the pickup, according to authorities. The driver of the pickup, the driver of the other car, and a passenger of the other car were all taken to the hospital...

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