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On Monday, Aug. 19, Gerald Rahier, Arielle Lemos and their two young sons were driving when they were T-boned by a Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper who was responding to another accident. According to Katie Lyons of Hoxie, who created the GoFundMe account, after being struck, their car rolled about five...
GOVE COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 7p.m. Monday in Gove County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Volvo semi driven by Jaroslaw Komar, 60, Ontario, Canada, was eastbound on Interstate 70 approximately three miles east of Quinter in rain and heavy winds. The wind knocked the vehicle over and it came to rest on its driver side in the median.
TREGO COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just before 1p.m. Friday in Trego County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Kenworth semi driven by Cristafer L. Strannigan, 52, Lake Lotawana, Missouri, was eastbound on Interstate 70 one half mile east of WaKeeney. The vehicle traveled off...
TREGO COUNTY —Two people were injured in an accident just before 2p.m. Thursday in Trego County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2023 Freightliner semi driven by Andy Montoya, 52, Log Lane Village, Colorado, was eastbound on Interstate 70 seven miles west of WaKeeney. A large gust of wind pushed the vehicle and trailer into the median where it fell onto the driver's side.
RAWLINS COUNTY —A northwest Kansas man died in an accident just after 8:30p.m. Thursday in Rawlins County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Ford passenger car driven by Mitchell C. Howard, 20, Atwood, was eastbound on Atwood Cemetery Road just west of Kansas 25 highway. The car left...
A highway maintenance worker was injured in a single-vehicle ATV crash along Interstate 70. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 62-year-old Ricky Pfannenstiel of Wakeeney was driving a Kawasaki ATV while conducting highway maintenance. He attempted to drive up a steep embankment of a ditch off I-70. While driving around a concrete box bridge opening, the ATV rolled down the embankment and into the opening. The vehicle came to rest on its wheels.
TREGO COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just before 1:30p.m. Monday in Trego County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2023 Kawasaki ATV driven by Ricky Virgil Pfannenstiel, 63, WaKeeney, was conducting highway maintenance on Interstate 70 just west of Ogallah. While attempting to drive up the...
SHERIDAN COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH) - A man is dead and a four-year-old is in critical condition following a crash involving a trooper with the Kansas Highway Patrol. The KHP said around 11:15 a.m. on Monday, the trooper was heading to a deadly accident on K-23 and I-70 in Sheridan County. In the crash log, the KHP said emergency lights and sirens were activated on the trooper’s vehicle.
The Kansas Highway Patrol said a Trooper was involved in a fatal crash while on his way to investigate another fatal crash in northwest Kansas late Monday morning. The Trooper was driving west on 100 South Road with emergency lights and siren activated as he approached the intersection at 40 East Road. His patrol car entered the intersection and struck the driver’s side of a southbound SUV. As a result of the collision, the man driving the SUV was pronounced deceased. He was identified as 42-year-old Gerald Rahier of Hoxie. A 38-year-old woman in the front passenger seat and a 4-year-old boy were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A 3-year-old boy was also taken to a hospital but the KHP said he did not appear to be injured. The 27-year-old Trooper was treated and released from the scene.
SHERMAN COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 8p.m. Saturday in Sherman County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Chrysler Town & Country driven by Domingo Perez, 79, Kanorado, was westbound on. Old U.S. Highway 24 at County Road 5. The van rear-ended a trailer pulled by 2016 Ford F550 driven by Taylor Thomas Scott, 23, Burlington, Colorado.