Betty Foutz Injured in a Crash on February 19, 2021 in Shawnee County, Kansas

Betty M. Foutz of Topeka, Kansas was injured on Friday, February 19, 2021 at 08:28 PM in Shawnee County, Kansas. Foutz is a 63-year-old woman.

The crash happened here: I70 westbound at mile marker 348.1 or 0.25 miles east of west Union Road in topeka.

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

Vehicles 1 and 2 were westbound on I70 in the right lane. Vehicle 1 [the 2018 Dodge Ram 2500 driven by Lane Hough] struck vehicle 2 in the rear. Vehicle 2 [the 1992 Ford Ranger driven by Douglas Foutz] went off onto the right side of the roadway, down an embankment and into a creek.

Injuries

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

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 1992 Ford Ranger with Kansas license plate number 018HXZ damage was unknown. This vehicle was removed by Browns Wrecker. It was taken to Tow Lot.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K141 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-002475 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.