ACCIDENT
Report
Law enforcement agencies released these accident reports last week:
sheriff
US-56/77 north of Route 340.
Olivera LF Fuentes, 23, Manhattan, lost control of his 2010 Nissan Rogue in the snow on Dec. 22 at 2:15 p.m. The SUV slid right off the road and hit the driver’s side of a 2013 Chevrolet Avalanche parked in a ditch.
In his report, Deputy Landis Goodman blamed the accident on weather and driving too fast.
Damage to the parked Chevrolet owned by Eric S. Willard of Allen, Texas has not yet been estimated. Damage to the front, sides, hood and undercarriage of Fuentes’ Nissan was listed as disabling. The SUV was towed away.
Fuentes was listed as possibly injured but was not taken to hospital. Passenger Alvarado Vazquez, 24, who lived at the same Manhattan address, was listed as uninjured.
Not billed.
South of 250 Rd Remington Rd.
At 8 p.m. on Dec. 28, William E. Benda, 52, was driving a 2000 Chevrolet S10 owned by Irma J. Benda at the same address when he struck a deer.
The pickup’s front and hood were damaged, but it was still drivable.
US-77 north of Route 120.
At 11:12 a.m. on Dec. 29, a modular home was blown off a flatbed semi-trailer by 35 mph winds.
Arkansas City driver Logan Z. Buxton, 40, lost control of a 2014 Kenworth MHT owned by Bennett Truck Trans of Carbon Cliff, Illinois, when his cargo shifted and fell into the right ditch.
It veered off the road into the ditch on the opposite side, passed through a culvert and caused severe damage to its undercarriage.
Buxton and his passenger, 15-year-old Ryan Buxton of the same address, reported possible injuries but were not taken to hospital.
Modular houses were destroyed. A backhoe is used to scoop its debris into the tumbled trash receptacle.
K-15 south of 140th Road.
At 8:49 p.m. on Dec. 29, 20-year-old Lucas J. Wiens was driving his 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 when it hit a deer and allegedly suffered minor damage to the left front .
US-50/77 roundabout near Florence
Cyrillo Garcia, 83, of Florence, stopped by at 7:15 a.m. on Dec. 30, but in the fog, he didn’t see a 2018 Toyota Tundra inside the roundabout.
The left front of Garcia’s 2011 Chrysler 200 crashed into the right rear of a Toyota owned and driven by Hunter L. French, 23, of Manhattan. Both cars are still drivable.
Deputy Kaylan Miles’ report attributed the crash to Garcia’s failure to yield and inattentive driving, but did not issue a ticket.
North of Sunflower Road 150.
Corey A. Shields, 27, was driving her 2012 Chevrolet Malibu when she hit a deer at 9:18 p.m. on Dec. 31, despite damage to the front , but still drivable.
South of 260 Remington Road.
Linnah A. Selley, 42, of Marion, reported hitting a deer at 7:52 p.m. on Jan. 1 before driving home in her 2015 Kia Sedona.
The car is said to have suffered minor damage to the front, hood and driver’s side.
James C. Selley, 10, at the same address, was a passenger.
K-15 south of Route 280.
At 5:42 p.m. on Jan. 3, Mark C. Will, 59, of Wichita was driving his 2017 Chevrolet Traverse when he struck a deer with the windshield and driver’s side Damaged, but still drivable.
Susan Weir, 64, who lives at the same address, and Kendrick Maggiano, 4, who lives at a different Wichita address, were among the passengers.
US-50 east of Bluestem Rd.
Edgar D. Osorio-Barrios, 40, of Holcomb, reportedly drove him at 6:40 p.m. on Jan. 4 The 2010 Chrysler Town and Country hit a deer and then drove the SUV, which suffered damage to the front, right side and hood, to the Eagle truck stop in Florence.
Route 330 east of Eagle Road
Jeanna C. Rivir, 46, of Durham, was driving her 2013 BMW X5 when it hit a deer at 8:25 a.m. Thursday, causing minor damage to the driver’s side.
Route 230. East of Clover Road.
Kaitlin N. Brunner, 24, of rural Marion, was driving a 2012 Kia Sorrento at 5:25 a.m. Friday when she crashed into a Deer, driveable despite damage to left front.
