Christopher Mitchell Injured in a Crash on January 12, 2021 in Shawnee County, Kansas

Christopher M Mitchell of Rossville, Kansas was injured on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 07:35 PM in Shawnee County, Kansas. Mitchell is a 61-year-old man.

The crash happened here: U24 at milepost 353.5 or U24 1 mile east of Rossville.

In the crash, Mitchell was a driver. The police described the crash like this:

Vehicle 1 [the 2002 Buick Century driven by Christopher Mitchell] was traveling Westbound on U24 Highway. Vehicle 1 [the 2002 Buick Century driven by Christopher Mitchell] struck a deer, but was attempting to avoid it. Vehicle 1 [the 2002 Buick Century driven by Christopher Mitchell] left the roadway to the right, drove into the ditch a few feet then turned back towards the roadway, spun around and struck Vehicle 2 [the 2014 Buick Encore driven by Mary Gruber].

Injuries

Mitchell's injuries were serious. Mitchell was taken by ambulance to Stormont Vail.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2002 Buick Century with Kansas license plate number 722JXS damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. Farm Bureau insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Unknown.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K267 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-000495 to this crash. The KSHP charges $5.00 for each copy of the report plus additional fees of $2.00 for each witness statement. But you can call 877-925-1969 to request a free copy of the report. In order to get the report through the KSHP website, you must create a Kansas.gov account and give them your credit card. You must agree to be subject to Kansas Statute 45-230: Unlawful Use of Names Derived from Public Records. This statute imposes on those subject to it "a civil penalty in an action brought by the attorney general or county or district attorney" of up to "$500 for each violation." Further, unless you qualify under the Federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act, the report you get will have important and necessary information such as photographs, social security numbers, driver license numbers, names, addresses and telephone numbers redacted (blacked out).

The information in this article came from the Kansas Highway Patrol website.