A Franklin County sheriff's deputy was taken to Ransom Memorial Hospital Monday night after being involved in a t-bone accident at the intersection of Colorado and Reno roads, five miles south of the Douglas County line.
Deputy Jerrod Fredricks was driving on Reno Road, pulled out from a stop sign and was then struck by a vehicle driven northbound on Colorado Road by Keri Harris.
Harris was also taken to Ransom Memorial Hospital with what the Kansas Highway Patrol termed a possible injury.
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mdrndgtl 3 years, 9 months ago
C'mon. T-Boned?
kusp8 3 years, 9 months ago
Hope both are okay!
katjok 3 years, 9 months ago
I hope both are okay too! Sometimes it's dangerous pulling out on 59 high way from the country roads, but seriously - it's better to just wait instead of trying to beat the car coming! I hope he got a citation for something, because you know if it was switched, you'd be sure to get a ticket!
AreUNorml 3 years, 9 months ago
this intersection is two dirt roads in the middle of nowhere. looking at google earth, there is a farm on the corner there with a ton of trees, that likely obscured the officers view. can't tell if there are stop signs at any of the corners.
smitty 3 years, 9 months ago
Here ya go...read the report..... and the JW has now updated the information to include that the officer pulled out from a stop sign into the path of the other vehicle.
https://www.accesskansas.org/ssrv-khp-crashlogs/display.do?log=2009-009053
happypill4014 3 years, 9 months ago
No mention of this in the Ottawa Herald, which is the only paper in Franklin County paper......Typical.
sleepylady 3 years, 9 months ago
Sounds like Keri had the right-of-way
EdenPrairie87 3 years, 9 months ago
A quick search of Google shows me I've been out there before. Colorado is a paved road and I think the intersection is at the top of a hill. As I recall, I was very cautious about turning into the intersection too even though there was very little traffic on it. (It's just a road between Centropolis and Pomona).
Hope everyone is all right.
puddleglum 3 years, 9 months ago
maybe they should put a stoplight there? then people can stop even when there aren't any cars coming....kinda like 6th & congressional, 6th& folks rd, 6th & stoneridge dr, and last but not least 15th & wakarusa. jesu-chriso mon frere
trinity 3 years, 9 months ago
the ottawa herald isn't worth squat any more, happypill. i find out far more about goings-on in franklin county in either this, the cj online, or the kc star. herald's too busy fighting to get and/or keep some sort of decent reputation-not realizing it's already too late.
firemedic301 3 years, 9 months ago
How about a roundabout?
smitty 3 years, 9 months ago
At least there would not be a stop sign to ignore.
think_about_it 3 years, 9 months ago
We get it smitty. You hate all cops.
Enough already.
smitty 3 years, 9 months ago
The H word....humor.....think about it.
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