Maria Thorson, 25, who was injured in a two-car accident on Kansas Highway 10 on Oct. 23, was moved out of the Kansas University Hospital intensive care unit late Tuesday night and is continuing to recover, according to her mother, Amy Thorson.
Maria Thorson was flown by air ambulance to the Kansas City, Kan., hospital with severe injuries following the accident which occurred at about 1:40 p.m. a mile west of Lawrence on the South Lawrence Trafficway.
James Keeton Jr., 21, a Kansas University junior from Wichita, died at the accident scene. According to Edna Buttler, Kansas Highway Patrol technical trooper, Keeton was attempting to pass a limousine in the west lane, failed to yield to oncoming traffic and struck, head-on, a 2003 Toyota Corolla driving east. The Corolla was driven by Thorson, a KU doctoral student from Wisconsin.
Buttler said while the collision was head-on, most of the damage was on the driver's side of each vehicle.
Thorson was test-driving the Toyota Corolla. Her passenger, John R. Revenew, 56, Lawrence, was a salesman for Crown Automotive. Revenew was in stable condition Thursday at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Comments
Megnatic 4 years, 6 months ago
my prayers for a full and quick recovery for Ms.Thorson. i'm sure it will be a long and difficult road but you can do it, sister!my uncle was killed in the same spot (or near it, anyway) a couple of days later... i'm sure you were spared for a reason. i hope you live life to its fullest and send my love to your mom.... i'm sure after all the fatalities on this stretch, she's extra happy to be standing there to hold your hand...M
Ohyasee 4 years, 6 months ago
Good to know they both are doing well. Thx for the update, and I hope the best for them both and their familys
Pywacket 4 years, 6 months ago
By all means, we should all drive gas-guzzling SUVs or full-sized pickups on the very slim chance that a larger vehicle will hit us head on. Wait--maybe we should all drive 18-wheelers. While there may be some validity to larger vehicles providing a slightly higher level of safety in a high-impact collision such as this one, other factors, such as seat-belt use, usually carry more weight. It does not surprise me that the two people who survived this accident were the ones who were buckled in.
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