Four injured in K-96 car crash near Colwich and Bentley
Four people were hospitalized Tuesday morning after two vehicles collided on K-96 between Colwich and Bentley, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash report.
The car crash happened about 4 miles north of Colwich in the eastbound lane of K-96 near 151st Street, the initial report read. Just before 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning, the 81-year-old driver of a Chevrolet Silverado going southbound on 151st attempted to make a U-turn across the eastbound lanes of K-96.
A second vehicle, a Jeep Commander, was in the left lane of eastbound K-96 when the Silverado made the U-turn. That’s when the Commander struck the Silverado’s driver’s side door as it turned across the eastbound lanes, the highway patrol report read.
Both drivers, as well as passengers in each vehicle, were injured in the crash. The 81-year-old Silverado driver was hospitalized with suspected serious injuries while the other three were taken with suspected minor injuries to health centers.
The occupants of the Silverado are from Sedgwick, the KHP report detailed, while the driver of the Commander is from Wichita, and her passenger is from Hutchinson. Both vehicles were towed from the scene of the crash.
