Trio of area accidents Thursday
Thursday was a busy day in the area for the Kansas Highway Patrol, as they responded to three separate accidents.
The first took place at just before 4:30 pm in Kearny County. According to the KHP report, a 2019 Bluebird school bus driven by 50-year-old Travis Johnson of Garden City, was westbound on County Road 16 at County Road 25, when he failed to yield and pulled out in front of a southbound 2015 Peterbilt semi driven by 71-year-old Jose S. Gonzales of Holcomb. Gonzales took an evasive action in an attempt to mis the bus and traveled into the west ditch and came to rest on its side. He was transported to Kearny County Hospital in Lakin for suspected minor injuries and was properly restrained. Johnson and three passengers on the bus were uninjured. Johnson was wearing a seatbelt according to the report.
In Scott County, a two vehicle accident took place just after 6:15 pm on U.S. Highway 83 about one mile north of the Kansas Highway 95 south junction. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2024 Lincoln Nautilus driven by 69-year-old Bobbie Lorene Elliot of Fort Collins, Colorado was southbound on U.S. Highway 83 passing another vehicle in a no passing zone, when she collided with a northbound 2025 Toyota Corolla Hybrid driven by 61-year-old Eric Lynn Erven of Scott City. The Elliot vehicle continued south before rolling one time and came to rest in the northbound ditch, while the Erven vehicle post collision crossed the center line and came to rest in the southbound ditch. Elliot and passengers, 43-year-old Shane Hazen Scrivner and 51-year-old Brooke Renee Scrivner, both of Belgrade Montana, were taken to Scott County Hospital for suspected serious injuries. Erven was also transported to Scott County Hospital for suspected injuries. All four involved were wearing seatbelts according to the KHP report.
The third accident took place in Haskell County, a two vehicle accident occurred just after 7:30 pm, 18 miles northeast of Sublette at the intersection of County Road 70 and County Road WW. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports a 16-year-old female from Texhoma, Oklahoma was stopped at the intersection facing eastbound on County Road 70 in a 2016 Nissan Altima, when she pulled out and turned north on to County Road WW, when a northbound 2000 International semi driven by 21-year-old Aaron James Cox of Plains attempted to pass the Altima in the southbound lane, and the Altima began turning west into a parking lot. Cox swerved back toward the northbound lane to avoid the Altima and struck the side of the vehicle. The 16-year-old female driving the Altima was transported to St. Catherine’s Hospital in Garden City for suspected serious injuries. She was wearing a seatbelt according to the report. Cox was not injured and was wearting a seatbelt.