A two-vehicle accident on Leavenworth County Road 1 left one woman dead and another taken to an area hospital by air ambulance Monday afternoon.
The accident occurred about 3:30 p.m. near County Road 1 and Hemphill Road just north of the Tonganoxie/Eudora interchange on Interstate 70.
Law enforcement officials were continuing to work to confirm the individual’s identity.
According to the Leavenworth County sheriff’s office, the woman was heading north on County Road 1 in a Volkswagen Beetle when she went to turn around at Hemphill Road and head back south on CR 1. A man driving a Dodge truck was headed south on the county road when his vehicle struck the passenger side of the Beetle. The vehicles came to rest southwest of the intersection.
The man was taken by air ambulance to Kansas University Hospital. The sheriff’s office did not have further information about the man.
Kansas Highway Patrol, Leavenworth County Emergency Medical Services, as well as Reno Township Fire Department and Tonganoxie Township and city fire departments also responded.
Comments
LadyJ 1 year, 5 months ago
Sad :(
Ron Holzwarth 1 year, 5 months ago
It's so terrible when things like this happen, it happens far too often.
What I think is the most tragic thing of all is that a disaster like this is forgotten so quickly by everyone except for the family and friends of the persons injured or killed.
Dejacrew423 1 year, 5 months ago
My thoughts and prayers go out to both families. I hope that in the days a head you can find some peace through this whole ordeal and I pray the driver of the truck is able to make a full recovery.
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 1 year, 5 months ago
I drove by there shortly after it happened. Both vehicles were badly damaged, and overturned in the ditch. That anyone survived is a miracle.
Clickker 1 year, 5 months ago
probably a hill there where the southbound truck just couldnt see the vehicle making a U-turn
Pywacket 1 year, 5 months ago
Driving into Baldwin from Lawrence on the back road (1055) at around 7:00 this evening, we passed a wreck on the Baldwin hill, with a vehicle upside down in the ditch. My son said there was a guy in cuffs but I can't confirm that. (I was driving and I hate gawkers; I was concentrating on getting safely around the emergency vehicles on the hill.)
I'm surprised there's nothing about that one on the LJW site. I guess they ignore wrecks unless someone is seriously injured, but for those who pass overturned or smashed cars or trucks, it would be nice to learn something about what happened. Can't report every fender bender, obviously, but people are naturally curious when they see vehicles belly up or significantly smashed up.
Ron Holzwarth 1 year, 5 months ago
On average, there are over 9 car accidents in Lawrence every single day. This accident occurred outside of the city limits, so it will not be included in that statistic. The only way there could be coverage of all of them would be to have a separate section in the newspaper.
Clipped from: http://police.lawrenceks.org/content/accidents-mapped
"557 Accidents were reported to the Lawrence Kansas Police Department during the last two months."
If you saw an accident and are interested in what happened, you can sign up for an account, and then the city police reports are available here: http://police.lawrenceks.org/content/accidents-mapped
Which is a link form here: http://police.lawrenceks.org/
You are limited to looking at 10 accident reports per day.
I saw an accident a couple years ago that missed being a disastrous one by a fraction of a second. The cars did collide, and pieces went flying. But, there was never a police report filed for that accident. So, that statistic of over 9 accidents a day within the Lawrence city limits does not include all accidents that actually occur, due to the fact that some are never reported to the police for various reasons.
George Diepenbrock 1 year, 5 months ago
Pywacket, The sheriff's office says this morning that no one was injured in that accident.
Pywacket 1 year, 5 months ago
Thanks, George. Glad to hear that. It's still rather a puzzle as far as what happened but I'm glad to know everyone was okay.
Ron~ Thanks--I've thought about signing up for that, but it's not really what I want to see, which is just a simple report of what happened where for the day. Rather than having to "request" info on particular incidents one by one, I'd just like to see a list of them (the way marriage licenses or--god help us--bankruptcy notices are listed).
Many papers, including the one from my home town, list accident reports as a matter of course; it puzzles me that the LJW does not. The average is "over 9" per day? Let's say 10. That hardly seems an overwhelming number to print. The paper runs at least as many inches of filler each day as it would need if it included basic reports on moderate-to-serious accidents.
To my way of thinking, a simple report about an accident on a road I travel frequently (an accident involving a rollover on a hill) is of more interest than knowing which of my unfortunate neighbors or former coworkers went bankrupt or got divorced--and certainly more relevant than AP filler fluff.
consumer1 1 year, 5 months ago
LJW???? A person has died and you are not monitoring the remarks on here for sensitivity???? Get your priorties in order!!
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