Injured Reno County Deputy released from hospital

September 22, 2010|By Michael Schwanke | KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

(RENO COUNTY, Kan.) — Weeks after he was hurt in a crash, Reno County Deputy Mitch Harris is released from the hospital. Harris is now at Wesley Rehab Center. He's expected to be there for at least three weeks.

Harris was hurt in September when he turned in front of a pickup on K-96 while responding to another accident.

Two people in the pickup were also hurt, but not as seriously.

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Update, September 19

Looking at the pictures, it's hard to believe anyone survived.

“I never dreamed it would be a traffic accident,” says Renee Harris.

Renee says she worries every time her husband, Mitchell, goes to work. “Of all the things to happen I was never worried about traffic. I don't know why. I was worried more about the crazy person with a gun,” says Harris.

Deputy Harris' cruiser was hit when he turned in front of a pick-up on K-96 in Reno County last Friday (see photos).

“You try not to think about it but on the news when something happens to someone you always wonder if it's going to happen to your husband.”

Harris is in critical condition at a Wichita hospital, but is improving. Renee says she even had a chance to talk to him and tell him what happened. “He was so worried about everyone else.”

Harris's has a long list of injuries.

He has pelvis fractures, a fractured ankle, face fractures, broken nose, broken teeth, and a skull fracture. “He's going to come out... he's going to have a lot of physical therapy, but he's going be good.”

Renee has a lot of support and faith that her husband will recover. She says the road will be long, but she sees no other ending.

“He'll be there quick... I know him.”

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Original Story, September 17

A Reno County Sheriff's Deputy is broadsided by a pickup early Friday morning on the way to an accident.

The crash happened on K-96 between Hutchinson and Nickerson.

Deputy Mitchell Harris was taken in critical condition to Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis in Wichita.

A passenger in the deputy's vehicle, 20-year-old Jordan Mullen, was also hurt. He was taken to Promise Regional Medical Center.

KHP says the deputy's vehicle was hit as he made a u-turn in front of the pickup. The driver of that vehicle, Richard Fosnight of Hutchinson, was taken to PRMC.

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