Car Accident

A crash Monday afternoon kills two people in Could County. The crash happened around two o'clock at U.S. 81 and Noble Road. Margaret Hawkins and her passenger Frederick Hawkins were crossing Noble road when she lost control and rolled the car into the ditch. Neither person was wearing seatbelts.

A man is rushed to the hospital in serious condition following a car accident in Reno County. The Reno County Sheriff's Department reports the victim was traveling near the west entrance of Cheney lake.  The driver failed to make the curve, and went into a ditch before going airborne, going over two trees. The vehicle caught fire while the driver was trapped inside.  A witnesses saw the fire, and pulled the driver from the vehicle. The driver was rushed to Via Christi - St. Francis hospital in Wichita, where he is currently in serious condition.

Two members of the Dodge City Community College basketball team are in the hospital after a crash.  The two car accident happened on US Highway 50 in Stafford County Thursday afternoon.  One passenger was flown to Via Christi in Wichita.  The other was taken to the hospital in Stafford County.   The Kansas Highway Patrol says the players were heading east when a truck pulling a livestock trailer pulled out in front of them.  19-year-old Tyler Hosman was driving when the accident happened.  26-year-old Anthony Phillips was his passenger.

A woman is hurt and a natural gas line ruptured after a car accident Wednesday night near Topeka. The woman rolled her car near the East Topeka exit (SE 21st & Shiloh Ridge Lane) of the Kansas Turnpike. The gas line was part of an old rest area. For a time, drivers on the Turnpike were not allowed to exit at East Topeka and had to continue to the South Topeka exit instead. The exit reopened when Kansas Gas Service crews shut off the gas. The driver of the vehicle was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Two people are killed, including a Fort Hays State University professor, and two others injured in a car accident in rural Ford County. It happened Sunday morning 7 miles west of Dodge City. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports a vehicle traveling east on U.S. Highway 56 when it crossed the center line, hitting a car driven by Fred Ruda head on.  Ruda and his mother-in-law, Eleanor Sexson were killed.  His wife, Sherill, was rushed to the hospital for treatment. The 19 year old driver of the other vehicle only received minor injuries.

Pastor Jeffery Geske and his three-year old son Jacob are the only two survivors of their family. 37-year old Laura Geske, three-year old Joy and eight-year old Joshua were killed in a car accident. The father and son greet the congregation of Christ the King Lutheran Church in Salina on Easter Sunday as the Pastor prepares for his sermon. “I do not have anger and I'd ask that people not to have anger. I do ask God why,” said Geske. Why on a sunny day in January a red car crossed the median on I-7o near Topeka and smashed into their family van. His wife, Laura was driving.

Update: The Renwick School District releases the name of a teacher killed in a car accident Monday morning.  54-year-old Barbara Hunt, an elementary PE teacher died in the crash near Goddard.  Superintendent Tracy Bourne told us, "Grief counselors have been called in to help students and staff deal with the tragedy. " The crash happened around 6:30 Monday morning near  21st and 199th Street West.  Police say a construction pickup which was pulling a trailer collided with a car in the intersection.

A 27-year-old man is rushed to the hospital following an accident Saturday morning. 911 dispatchers say they got a call about the incident around 7:02 a.m. near 37th & Broadway. Family members tell Wichita police the man usually gets off work around 3 a.m., so he may have been there for a long time before he was discovered. The man suffered critical injuries in the accident.

Four people are in critical condition after a two vehicle accident at Highway 254 & Butler according to Butler County 911. Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet said Wichita resident Samsad Milia was driving southbound on Butler road with passengers in the vehicle. Herzet said Milia failed to break at the stop sign for the east bound traffic and hit a vehicle driven by El Dorado's resident Lesley Marshall. Both drivers and passengers were in critical condition and taken to Wesley Hospital.

A 58 year old woman is airlifted to a Wichita hospital after she crashes her car north of Hutchinson. The accident happened near 56th avenue & Plum St around 5:30am Saturday. The Reno County Sheriff's Department reports the driver crossed the center line for an unknown reason.  The vehicle the entered a ditch, striking a mailbox and culvert before going airborne, then striking a second culvert. The 58 year old driver was transported by EMS to Hutchinson Regional Hospital, before being airlifted to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.