Robert Walston Killed in a Crash on January 14, 2021 in Douglas County, Kansas

Robert Stanley Walston Jr of Olathe, Kansas was killed on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 03:25 AM in Douglas County, Kansas. Walston is a 23-year-old man.

The crash happened here: westbound Kansas Highway 10 at mile marker 15.9 ; or westbound Kansas Highway 10, 9/10th of a mile E1900 Rd.

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

Vehicle 1 [the 2016 Freightliner straight truck driven by Eric Burge] was traveling Eastbound on K10 Highway. Vehicle 2 [the 2006 Acura TSX driven by Robert Walston] was traveling Westbound on K10 highway. For unknown reason, Vehicle 1 [the 2016 Freightliner straight truck driven by Eric Burge] crossed the center median, into Westbound lanes of travel and stuck Vehicle 2 [the 2006 Acura TSX driven by Robert Walston] head on in the Westbound lanes. Vehicle 1 [the 2016 Freightliner straight truck driven by Eric Burge] and Vehicle 2 [the 2006 Acura TSX driven by Robert Walston] came to rest in the North ditch.

Injuries

Walston's injuries were fatal. Walston was taken by ambulance to Frontier Forensics.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2006 Acura Tsx with Kansas license plate number 819NKR damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. State Farm insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Midwest Tow.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K70 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-000541 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.