Friday morning crash in southeast Kansas kills teen, sends two others to hospital
An Erie, Kansas, teenager is dead after the driver of the car he was in failed to negotiate a curve on a Wilson County road, hit a ditch and went airborne. The car, a Mazda 3, struck a tree and rolled before landing on its top, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash report.
The crash happened around 2:23 a.m. Friday on southbound New Albany Road, about half a mile southeast of New Albany. Jaryn Levi Yarnell, 19, received fatal injuries, the report says.
The driver and another passenger in the car, both 18, were also hurt. They were taken to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita for treatment. One is from Fredonia; the other is from Douglass, the crash report says. Both have suspected serious injuries, according to the report.
New Albany is in southeast Kansas, roughly 9 miles northwest of Fredonia. It’s about a 90-minute drive east of Wichita.
This story was originally published December 15, 2023 at 1:10 PM.
