CCIDENTS

REPORTED

These accident reports were released this past week by law enforcement agencies:

SHERIFF

US-77 south of 150th Rd.

James W. Steele, 40, Sedgwick, hit a deer at 2:55 a.m. June 28 with his 2000 Dodge Dakota, which sustained disabling damage to its front, hood, and undercarriage and was towed, according to one of five accident reports released Thursday.

K-15 at 80th Rd.

A northbound 2023 Ford F-150 turning left onto 80th Rd. was rear-ended at 3:30 p.m. June 28 by a 2008 Subaru Impreza that had been following the pickup.

Both lanes of K-15 were blocked when the Subaru became pinned beneath the pickup’s trailer hitch.

The Subaru, owned by Arleene V. Kreier of Salina and driven by Patricia A. Kreier, 63, Walton, sustained extensive damage to its front half, windshield, and windows and was towed.

The pickup, owned and driven by Diana L. Gordon, 69, Livingston, Montana, sustained damage characterized as minor to its left rear.

Passengers in the pickup were identified as Craig Kamps, 52; Michelle Kamps, 47; and Aaron and Ella Kamps, whose ages were redacted without required justification, all from the same Montana address.

Deputy Clayton Philpott’s report did not assess blame for the accident, and no tickets were listed as being issued.

Indigo Rd. north of 100th Rd.

Kekoailanakila T. Vincent, 22, Park City, lost control of his 2018 Scion tC at 10:23 a.m. June 28. It veered off the road to the right, he overcorrected, and the car slid across the road and into the left ditch, striking a culvert and rolling onto the car’s top.

Deputy Landis Goodman’s report listed the car as a total loss and blamed the accident on inattentive driving, but no tickets were listed as being issued.

K-15 south of 270th Rd.

Michael A. Dotterer, 40, Clay Center, hit a deer at 5:57 a.m. June 30 with his 2023 Ford F-150, which ran off the road to the right but remained drivable with damage to its left side.

Limestone Rd. south of 320th Rd.

Marie L. Howell, 43, Mount Juliet, Tennessee, was injured but not taken to a hospital after a blowout at 4:55 p.m. July 1 caused her 2005 Freightliner Columbia semi-trailer truck, owned by Konarik Farms of rural Marion, to run off the road to the right and overturn.

The semi sustained extensive damage and was towed.

HILLSBORO

Willow Rd. north of Park Ave.

A postal vehicle and a sport-utility vehicle, both of which had stopped for a semi-trailer truck that blocked the street while backing into a driveway, collided when the postal vehicle started up again at 12:10 p.m. June 30.

Leonard A. Frantz, 76, rural Hillsboro, told police that he had thought the SUV had stopped and that he had been distracted by the semi when he attempted to pass the SUV with his postal vehicle.

The right side of the postal vehicle, a 1993 GMC / Grumman LLV, became locked against the left side of the SUV, a 2004 Dodge Durango owned and driven by Alan H. Eitzen, 80, Hillsboro.

Damage to the postal vehicle was characterized as minor. Damage to Eitzen’s SUV was listed as more significant, but the Durango remained drivable.

Assistant Chief Randy Brazil’s report blamed the wreck on improper passing by Frantz, but no tickets were listed as being issued.

Orchard Dr. west of Ash St.

A second accident 2½ hours later also involved vehicles whose drivers were attempting to maneuver around a semi.

Backing up his eastbound 2018 Chevrolet Silverado, which had been stopped at a stop sign, to allow a semi coming from the north to turn to the west, Dennis J. Shippy, 58, Hope, backed into a 2021 Ford Edge stopped behind his pickup.

Damage to the rear of the Chevrolet and to the front of the Ford, owned and driven Gayla L. Ratzlaff, 68, Hillsboro, was characterized as minor. Don R. Ratzlaff, 68, of the same address was a passenger in the Ford.

Assistant Chief Randy Brazil’s report blamed the wreck on improper backing by Shippy, but no tickets were listed as being issued.

MARION

Locust and Lawrence Sts.

An 18-year-old bicycle rider was taken by police to St. Luke Hospital after being hit by a car at 10:20 a.m. June 30 in an unusual accident in which both the biker and the driver left the scene and later sought out police.

Driver Tamara Higby, 55, Marion, was ticketed for inattentive driving and failure to yield after her southbound 2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer hit westbound bike rider Joshua French, 18, Marion, in the middle of the intersection.

French flew off his bicycle, landing near a curb. Higby told police that she stopped but that French insisted to her that he was all right before she drove on. She later flagged down a sheriff’s deputy, who informed Marion police.

Higby wasn’t sure of the exact location of the accident, but aided by a witness Interim Chief Zach Hudlin found tire tracks from Higby’s braking at Lawrence and Locust.

Minutes later, Hudlin was called by a jailer who reported that French had gone to the lobby of the sheriff’s office. Hudlin called Marion ambulance and offered to take French to St. Luke so he would not have to pay for an ambulance bill.

Hudlin reported that French suffered scrapes and that the entirety of French’s GT Aggressor bicycle was damaged.

Cedar and Lawrence Sts.

Motorcyclist Jason G. Miller, 38, Marion, suffered possible injuries but was not taken to a hospital after he lost control of his southbound 2013 Honda while veering to avoid a westbound Ford Mustang that he thought had been proceeding into the intersection.

Mustang driver Galen Funk, whose age and address were not listed in the report, told Interim Chief Zach Hudlin that he had stopped at a stop sign and had begun creeping forward to get a better view of oncoming traffic.

Miller’s tire tracks indicated he swerved right and attempted to brake north of the intersection before his cycle fell on its side and scraped its way to the south side of the intersection.

The Honda suffered extensive damage but remained drivable. Miller was wearing a helmet at the time.