Roland Keller Injured in a Crash on February 18, 2021 in Brown County, Kansas

Roland Keller of Hiawatha, Kansas was injured on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 11:25 AM in Brown County, Kansas. Keller is a 59-year-old man.

The crash happened here: U73 at milepost 86.8 or 5 miles south of Hiawatha on U73.

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

Both Vehicle 1 [the 2018 Ford F150 driven by Roland Keller] & Vehicle 2 [the 1999 Peterbuilt Semi driven by Dale Stirton] were traveling northbound on U-73 Highway. Vehicle 2 [the 1999 Peterbuilt Semi driven by Dale Stirton] was in front of Vehicle 1 [the 2018 Ford F150 driven by Roland Keller]. Vehicle 2 [the 1999 Peterbuilt Semi driven by Dale Stirton] was slowing to turn westbound onto 170th Street when Vehicle 1 [the 2018 Ford F150 driven by Roland Keller] struck Vehicle 2 [the 1999 Peterbuilt Semi driven by Dale Stirton] in the rear.

Injuries

Keller's injuries were serious. Keller was taken by ambulance to Hiawatha Community Hospital.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2018 Ford F150 with Kansas license plate number 948BGU damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. Mutual Casualty insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Morrill Collision. It was taken to Morrill Collision.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K109 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-002428 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.