Samuel Cardenas Injured in a Crash on January 26, 2021 on the Kansas Turnpike

Samuel Cardenas of Topeka, Kansas was injured on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10:49 PM on the Kansas Turnpike. Cardenas is a 20-year-old man.

The crash happened here: I335 164 Nb (Osage County).

In the crash, Cardenas was a passenger. The police described the crash like this:

Vehicle 2 [the 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO driven by Fredy Zelaya] was traveling too fast for conditions, lost control, and struck the median barrier wall, coming to a rest in the roadway. Vehicle 1 [the 2018 JEEP COMPASS driven by Pedro Bazan-Malafaya] struck the rear of Vehicle 2 [the 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO driven by Fredy Zelaya] before both vehicles spun off the roadway.

Injuries

Cardenas's injuries were minor. Cardenas was taken by ambulance to .

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2018 Jeep Compass with Kansas license plate number 171MBJ damage was not functional. This vehicle was insured. AUTOSTART insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Darrells.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K465 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-001066 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.