Nicole Miele Injured in a Crash on January 13, 2021 in Johnson County, Kansas

Nicole Rose Miele of Lawrence, Kansas was injured on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 09:12 AM in Johnson County, Kansas. Miele is a 18-year-old woman.

The crash happened here: I35 milepost 213 northbound or five tenths of a mile mile north of 167th St on I35 northbound.

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

Vehicles 2 and 3 were stopped in traffic in the #2 lane waiting to merge into the #1 lane due to the #2 being closed for KDOT maintenance. Driver 1 [Nicole Rose Miele] became distracted and did not realize traffic was stopped. Vehicle 1 [the 2015 Jeep Cherokee driven by Nicole Miele] struck the rear of Vehicle 2 [the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Jason Volland], pushing it into the rear of Vehicle 3 [the 2018 Kenworth Truck driven by Jerry Neely].

Injuries

Miele's injuries were minor. Miele was taken by ambulance to Overland Park Regional.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2015 Jeep Cherokee with Kansas license plate number 239KUV damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. State Farm insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Simple Tow. It was taken to Tow Lot.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K375 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-000513 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.