A Reading teenager and a Lyon County Deputy were both hospitalized following a crash on US Highway 56 Thursday morning.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol crash log, the accident occurred at mile marker 370.1 eastbound, or the Allen City limits, just before 7:40 am. A 2006 Ford Fusion driven by 16-year-old Bryer Douglas Scales of Reading was traveling east on US 56. At the same time, a Lyon County Sheriff’s vehicle driven by Deputy Ben Folks was also eastbound en route to another accident with lights and sirens activated.
The Scales vehicle made a left turn causing it to be struck on the left side by the Sheriff’s Office vehicle. Folks was taken by ambulance to Newman Regional Health, but Scales was airlifted to Stormont-Vail in Topeka. Both had suspected serious injuries.
The accident occurred roughly 20 minutes after a crash in the 1300 block of US 56, about a mile east of Northern Heights High School, that sent 56-year-old Timothy Savage of Vassar to Newman with unlisted injuries. Lyon County Deputy Brandon Early says Savage was driving a garbage truck westbound when the passenger-side tires went off the highway causing the truck to roll into a ditch.
Noon Thursday: US-56 CRASHES: Garbage truck driver hospitalized after crash near Northern Heights
Three people have been taken to Newman Regional Health after a pair of crashes on US Highway 56 between Allen and Admire on Thursday.
Emporia Fire Capt. Wade Schmidt says a crash involving a commercial truck happened in the 1300 block of US Highway 56, about a mile east of Northern Heights High School, around 7:20 am. Lyon County Deputy Brandon Early says 56-year-old Timothy Savage of Vassar was driving a garbage truck westbound when the passenger-side tires went off the highway. The truck rolled into a ditch.
Savage went to Newman Regional Health with unknown injuries. He was not wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash.
About 20 minutes later, the second crash developed when a deputy vehicle hit a passenger car. The deputy was taken to Newman Regional Health with apparently non-life-threatening injuries, while the car driver was airlifted to a currently-unnamed trauma center.
Names have not been released from the second wreck.
10:20 am Thursday: Lyon County deputy, car driver hospitalized after crash near Allen; second wreck near Northern Heights involves commercial truck
At least two people, including a Lyon County deputy, have been taken to hospitals following a pair of crashes Thursday morning in north Lyon County.
Emporia Fire Capt. Wade Schmidt says a crash involving a commercial truck happened in the 1300 block of US Highway 56, about a mile east of Northern Heights High School, around 7:20 am. Details are pending, but the driver suffered minor injuries.
About 20 minutes later, the second crash developed when a deputy vehicle hit a passenger car. The deputy was taken to Newman Regional Health with apparently non-life-threatening injuries, while the car driver was airlifted to a currently-unnamed trauma center.
Names have not been released from either wreck.
US-56 has been closed between the 1100 and 1400 blocks of US-56 and will remain closed until further notice.
Deputies are expected to issue a news release on the crash east of Northern Heights, with Kansas Highway Patrol troopers handling the information for the wreck near Allen. Besides Emporia Fire/EMS, Allen-Admire and Reading crews also helped with the emergency response and traffic control.
KVOE and KVOE.com will have updates as information is confirmed.
9:20 am Thursday: Investigation continues into US-56 crashes; Lyon County deputy involved in wreck near Allen
Authorities are investigating two wrecks in north Lyon County from Thursday morning.
Crashes developed in the 1300 block of US Highway 56 about a mile east of Northern Heights High School around 7:20 am, followed by a crash in the 1100 block of US-56 between Allen and Northern Heights around 20 minutes later.
At the time, the only specifics as confirmed by law enforcement are from Lyon County Sheriff Jeff Cope, who says a deputy was involved in the wreck just east of Allen. There is no confirmation on the number of vehicles or patients with either incident at this time.
US-56 has been closed between the 1100 and 1400 blocks of US-56 and will remain closed until further notice.
Deputies are expected to issue a news release on the crash east of Northern Heights, with Kansas Highway Patrol troopers handling the information for the wreck near Allen. KVOE and KVOE.com will have updates as information is confirmed.
8:40 am Thursday: Pair of injury crashes reported on US Highway 56
Authorities have blocked parts of US Highway 56 after separate crashes Thursday morning.
Crashes developed in the 1100 block and 1300 block of the highway between 7:20 and 7:40 am. Details about the number of vehicles or patients have not been announced, but Lyon County Emergency Dispatch says the highway is closed and traffic is being detoured around both crash sites. A helicopter has been on site, although it hasn’t been announced which of the two crash sites it landed at.
KVOE and KVOE.com will have updates.
