Jason Ruder Injured in a Crash on February 14, 2021 in Sedgwick County, Kansas

Jason Allen Ruder of Wichita, Kansas was injured on Sunday, February 14, 2021 at 05:40 AM in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Ruder is a 45-year-old man.

The crash happened here: northbound K-15 mile marker 74.6 or K-15 and Dunham.

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

Vehicle 1 [the 2006 Honda Ridgeline driven by Jason Ruder] was South bound on K-15 in the #1 lane, an unrelated non-contact vehicle changed lanes from the #2 lane to the #1 right in front of Vehicle 1 [the 2006 Honda Ridgeline driven by Jason Ruder]. Vehicle 1 [the 2006 Honda Ridgeline driven by Jason Ruder] performed an avoidance maneuver, lost control and spun around into the North bound lanes. Vehicle 2 [the 2014 Chevy Silverado driven by Jeremiah Toothaker] had no time to react and struck Vehicle 1 [the 2006 Honda Ridgeline driven by Jason Ruder] on its drivers side.

Injuries

Ruder's injuries were serious. Ruder was taken by ambulance to Wesley Medical.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2006 Honda Ridgeline with Kansas license plate number 836GET damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. Esurance Property & Casualty insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Arrow Wrecker.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K11 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-002057 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.